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CHAPTER I - THE MANNERS OF KINGS 13
CHAPTER II - THE MORALS OF DERVISHES 36
CHAPTER III - ON THE EXCELLENCE OF CONTENTMENT 56
CHAPTER IV - ON THE ADVANTAGES OF SILENCE 71
CHAPTER V - ON LOVE AND YOUTH 76
CHAPTER VI - ON WEAKNESS AND OLD AGE 90
CHAPTER VII - ON THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION 95
CHAPTER VIII - ON RULES FOR CONDUCT IN LIFE 108
CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK 131
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$))$%/( Approachable or friendly
$//$+ The name of God as given in the Quraan (Book of Divine Revelation in the Islamic
faith). A conjunction of the two Arabic words: al and ilah, meaning The (one) God
$0%(5*5,6 A strong smelling wax-like secretion of the intestine of the sprem whale, found
floating in tropical seas and used in perfume manufacture
$0,7< Friendship
$3352%$7,21 Approval, consent
%(1(',&7,21 The utterance of a blessing
%2'.,1 A blunt thick needle with a thick eye
%8775(66 A projecting support of stone or brick etc. built against a wall
&+$0%(5/$,1 An officer managing the household of a sovereign or a great noble
'(1,=(1 Poetic, an inhabitant or occupant
'(59,6+ A member of any of several Muslim fraternities vowed to poverty and austerity
',$'(0 A crown or headband worn as a sign of sovereignty
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(;3,$7( Make amends, or pay the penalty (for wrong-doing)
*8/,67$1 Transliteration of the Persian meaning a garden of flowers (usually roses)
+(-$= Also Hijaz, the western half of the Arabian Peninsula
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/(9,7< Lack of serious thought, frivolity, undignified behaviour
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Allah), a follower of the Islamic faith
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3$'6+$+ King in Persian
3$1(*<5,& A laudatory discourse, a speech in praise of someone or something
3$5$*21 A model of excellence. A supremely excellent person or thing
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constellation of Taurus
3257,&2 A collonade, a roof supported by columns at regular intervals. Usually attached as a
porch to a building
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352',*$/ Recklessly wasteful
38/&+5,78'( Literary beauty
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