Concerning the Murder of Shams ad-Din, the Master of the Diwan
XI- Now there was a stone of contention between ‘ARGHON and ‘AHMAD because of SHAMS AD-DIN, the Master of the Diwin, for to ‘ARGHON it had been said, ‘The Master of the Diwin killed thy father with poison’. Therefore ‘ARGHON sent and demanded him from ‘AHMAD, and AHMAD would not give him up. And thus ‘ARGHON indulged a suspicion concerning ‘AHMAD that he was gratified by the death of the King of Kings, ‘ABAKA, so that he could sit in his place, however it happened. Now ‘AHMAD being disgraced, and ‘ARGHON having triumphed,...
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