The king told Sinbad that the land he was in was Sri Lanka. After telling the king of Sri Lanka his stories of adventure, the king asked his servants to inscribe them in gold and keep them in their written archives.

Sinbad had offered him the jewels he had collected from the inside of the cave as a thank you, but the king rejected.

Instead, he provided Sinbad with many expensive gifts. Sinbad was then sent to return to his home of Baghdad, with the jewels and other gifts.

On the boat that took Sinbad home, the king of Sri Lanka left him with gifts such as snakeskins, jewels, and pearls, that were meant to be sent as an offering of friendship to the caliph that ruled Baghdad.

Once Sinbad arrived home and brought these gifts to the caliph, he responded with suspicion.

“Are you sure this king of this foreign land is as bountiful and wealthy as he claims?” The caliph asked Sinbad.

Sinbad described to his caliph the greatness of the place he found himself in, its excessiveness, the walls of jewels and the excess that the people of this place lived in.

The caliph believed him and let him go back to his home.

Sinbad was now left with his jewels, a sixth fortune to add to his ever-growing wealth.