“Don’t try to fool me,” said the captain, “the Sinbad I know drowned that day on the back of a whale! It went into the water and never came back up!”

Sinbad convinced the captain of his identity by detailing exactly what happened that day with the whale. He also told him of the mysterious island and its King Mirage, and how the king helped him get back to Baghdad.

The captain was quite captivated by the story, and it was enough for him to believe Sinbad.

“Thank God you’ve returned home safe and well, Sinbad! Take your stuff and head home,” the captain said.

Sinbad was sent generous gifts by King Mirage that he later traded in other voyages as a merchant by sea.

Soon he began to amass a great fortune, in which he used to buy land and a great big house.