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A stranger appeared in a king’s court seeking a job. He was asked about his qualifications, and he said: I am a siyasi (political adviser). (In Arabic, a siyasi means a shrewd pers...
Once, a king offered to give half of his kingdom to his vizier, but he also imposed some conditions. Driven by greed, the vizier requested to know the conditions. The king state...
This dates back to the era when monarchies existed in the world and different families ruled over states spread across many miles. Fortune smiled upon a king of that era, and thank...
Whenever Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi (may Allah have mercy on him) supplicated (made dua) and a tear fell from his eye, he would rub those tears onto his face. Once,...
One day, a ruler was sitting in his palace when he heard an apple seller calling out outside the palace: "Buy apples! Apples!" The ruler looked outside and saw a villager going...
The King of Khorasan, after returning from hunting, was sitting on his throne. Due to fatigue, his eyes were becoming heavy. A servant stood before the king respectfully with his h...
One day, Amir Timur Lang was holding court. The courtiers were standing in their respective places in a respectful manner. Referring to the Caliphs of Baghdad, Timur said, "Their t...
A king had announced that whoever said something wise and good would be rewarded with four hundred dinars (gold coins)...!!!! One day, the king went out to look after his subjec...
The king asked the slave: "Why are you leaving your job?" The slave replied: "There are five reasons." "The first reason is that you keep sitting while I remain standing be...
Someone presented two falcon (Shaheen) chicks as a gift to a king. The king handed both of them over to his falcon trainers so that they could train them to be taken for hunting....