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Translations from the Tarihh i Firuzshdln . 
[No. 3, 
Rather in justice and truth, ought we to call him a king and deem 
him such, in whose realm no man sleeps hungry and naked, who 
makes such regulations and enacts such laws, that under their pro¬ 
tection all his subjects are safe from distress, or at least from such 
distress as involves destruction of life.’ ” 
Having thus counselled his son, Sultan Nagir-uddin turned to go. 
Mu’izz-uddin said—“ It is the fate of my crown that of all the wise 
and experienced followers of my grandfather, there is not one faith¬ 
ful spirit left in the halls of my palace to admonish and exhort me 
now and again, and rouse me from the sleep of negligence. And 
when a king, out of fatherly compassion, urges on me a few coun¬ 
sels tending to the good of religion and the welfare of my realm, 
this fatherly compassion is matter for wonder and surprise.” Sul¬ 
tan Nagir-uddin said—“ 0 my son, you who are seated in my father’s 
place, and who have succeeded to my heritage in my lifetime, I 
have seen much trouble, and I have come to you with the intention, 
which I still hold, of speaking a few words of advice in your ear, 
and making your pleasure bitter to you with the bitterness of 
warning, and on the day we part, I will say what is in my mind.” 
So on the day which was fixed for father and son to part, Suit in 
Nagir-uddin, before sunrise, came to his son, and said, “ Order the 
morning meal to be put off till later in the day : I have a few 
words to say to you, and I wish to say them to-day in private 
audience. Order Nizam-uddin and Qiyam-uddin, who are now at 
the head of political affairs, to be present at the audience that they 
may hear what I have to say, and harbour no suspicions.” Sultan 
Mu’izz-uddin directed that no stranger ( na-muharram ) should be 
admitted to the audience, and Malik Nizam-uddin, Chief Justice, 
( Amir-i-dad ) and Malik Qiyam-uddin his secretary,* 1 were sum¬ 
moned to the audience, and both were desired to sit down. 
And Sultan Nasir-uddin having come into the private chamber, 
charged with good counsels for his son’s ear, began by weeping 
bitterly and said—“ Oh my boy, though you are my son, yet of 
a surety this day you sit in my father’s place, and are entitled to 
reverence accordingly, no man but a father can wish another to be 
* ’Ilaqah? A word, perhaps dalir , seems to have dropped oat of the text, 
or ’ ilaqah may be some obsolete title. 
