#Nushirvan

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Islam e a nação

Os Jadids definiram a nação de várias maneiras. Tomemos, por exemplo, este apelo dirigido pelo editor do Tojjar aos seus "compatriotas" (watandashlar): Em nosso tempo, não há uma única nação que não tenha dezenas ou centenas de jornais e revistas em sua própria língua, pois o século XX considera qualquer nação que não tenha publicações em sua própria língua selvagem e incivilizada pelo próprio tempo… Ó compatriotas! … Em virtude do manifesto concedido por nosso imperador em 17 de outubro de 1905, nós também adquirimos dez ou quinze jornais e revistas e assim nos tornamos cientes do mundo… Mas como esses jornais e revistas eram em turco ou tártaro [turkcha tatarcha], e não na língua pura do Turquestão, geralmente não era possível para os muçulmanos do Turquestão se beneficiarem deles… Agora, é óbvio para qualquer pessoa inteligente que a solução para isso é, claro, publicar um jornal na língua do Turquestão, isto é, em Chaghatai.

O "nós" refere-se no início aos muçulmanos do império russo, mas depois é bastante explicitamente restringido para se referir apenas aos "muçulmanos do Turquestão". Em outras ocasiões, os autores jadid se referiam apenas aos "muçulmanos", mas novamente o contexto deixou claro que o público-alvo não incluía os muçulmanos em geral, mas apenas os muçulmanos da Ásia Central. Da mesma forma, quando o protagonista da peça Old School, New School de Haji Muin declama: "No momento, nós, turquestões, não estamos suficientemente familiarizados com o conhecimento religioso e mundano", ele claramente tem em mente a população muçulmana do Turquestão, os judeus locais e todos os colonos recentes sendo implicitamente excluídos do público-alvo. Referências aos muçulmanos do Turquestão abundam nos escritos jadid do período. Se os jadids eram nacionalistas, eles o eram em nome de uma nação definida em termos territoriais e confessionais.

A nação estava enraizada historicamente. É significativo que a história ensinada nas escolas de novo método do Turquestão fosse a do islamismo, não do Turquestão ou dos turcos. A era de ouro anterior da nação com a qual os jadids se identificavam era a do islamismo, ou mais precisamente, dos gloriosos impérios construídos pelas dinastias muçulmanas. Os escritos jadidas estão repletos de referências a essa era anterior, que serviu tanto para destacar a degradação do presente quanto para justificar as reformas que eles defendiam. Assim, Nushirvan Yavushev afirmou que as madrasahs nos dias de glória do islamismo ofereciam um currículo completo de ciências mundanas e religiosas. Normalmente, no entanto, o legado histórico era delineado com mais precisão. Os nomes de Bukhari, Farabi, Ibn Sina e Ulugh Bek foram invocados para destacar o passado de uma nação muçulmana da Ásia Central.

Esta comunidade tinha todas as características de uma nação. Encontramos a expressão "língua muçulmana" (musul'manskü iazyk, musulman tili) tanto no discurso Jadid quanto no discurso oficial russo. Ingeborg Baldauf, a única estudiosa a ter comentado sobre este fenômeno, confunde a questão desnecessariamente quando escreve: "Não ouso responder à questão se a introdução de uma 'língua muçulmana' junto com a existência de uma 'nação muçulmana' deve ser considerada uma homenagem à identificação romântica de uma nação com sua língua, e vice-versa. Poderíamos, no entanto, considere o musulmon tili como uma 'pseudo-língua'". Não havia nada de pseudo na língua muçulmana. A expressão novamente era um produto do uso russo. Para os burocratas russos, qualquer coisa escrita na escrita árabe ou que era incompreensível para todos, exceto os poucos orientalistas treinados entre eles, era "muçulmana". Assim, a administração concedeu licenças separadas aos livreiros para a venda de livros po-musul'manski ("em muçulmano"), independentemente da língua. Esse uso foi adotado pela população local, embora claramente significasse a língua dos muçulmanos do Turquestão. O jornal Tojjar proclamou em seu cabeçalho que foi publicado na "língua muçulmana" (musulmancha). Mas esse uso foi obviamente entendido em um contexto estritamente local, como uma língua dos muçulmanos da Ásia Central, pois o mesmo jornal alegou em sua primeira edição estar preenchendo uma lacuna criada pelo fato de que os dez ou quinze jornais que apareceram na esteira do Manifesto de Outubro de 1905 eram todos "em turco ou tártaro [turkcha tatarcha] e não na língua pura do Turquestão." Os muçulmanos do Turquestão eram uma nação, mas essa nação não era definida pela sua língua no molde romântico.

The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform: Jadidism in Central Asia - Adeeb Khalid

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.

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Kings of Khorasan saw

TALE II

One of the Kings of Khorasan saw in a dream Sultan Mahmood Sebuktegeen, an hundred years

after his death, when the whole of his body had fallen into pieces and become dust, excepting his eyes, which moved in the sockets, and looked about. All the philosophers were at a loss to explain the meaning, excepting a Durwesh, who, after making his obeisance, said, “He is still looking about, because his kingdom is possessed by others.” Many men of renown whom they have buried in the ground, have not left any traces of their existence on the surface of the earth. That old corpse which they had deposited in the grave, his dust is so decayed that not a single bone of him remains. The happy name of Nushirvan still exists through his liberality, although a long season hath elapsed since his departure. Do good, 0 man, and account your life as gain, before the report is spread that such a one is no more.

TALE III

I heard of a king’s son, who was low in stature and illfavoured, whilst all his brothers were tall and handsome. Once on a time, his father looked at him with disgust, which the son had sagacity enough to discover, and said, “0 father! a short man, who is wise, is preferable to him who is tall and ignorant,

Not everything is valued according to its height; the sheep is clean, and the elephant an unclean animal. Sinai is one of the most inconsiderable mountains of the earth, but verily it is the greatest before God in rank and dignity. Have you heard, what was said one day by a wise lean man to a fat blockhead? One Arab horse, though lean, is preferable to a stable full of asses.” The father laughed, the courtiers applauded, and the brothers were mortified to the very soul. Until a man hath spoken, his defects and his skill are concealed. Imagine not every desert to be empty, for perhaps a tiger may be there asleep.