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 1 Pre     |           quarter got wind of the King's design, and delivered
 2 Pre     |          accounted a rival to the King of Delhi in his generosity
 3 Pre     |          Timur in return sent the King a robe of honour and a belt
 4 Pre     |         from the death-bed of the King, and an anecdote, such as
 5 Pre     |         victorious standards of a king," says Hafiz, "I was uplifted
 6 Pre     |         in which he is called the King under whose feet the garden
 7 Pre     |      sharp speeches, in which the King usually came off second
 8 Pre     |        hapless Abu Ishac, and the King was not averse from such
 9 Pre     |           first Assaf having been King Solomon's vizir, renowned
10 Pre     |           latter, saying that the King who had never seen him had
11 Pre     |          Mansur, "wouldst thou be King even in thy father's lifetime,
12 Pre     |           so glad am I to see the King's face again."~The date
13 Pre     |       only to curry favour with a king that he welcomed the accession
14 Pre     |   effusion in praise first of one king, then of another; the celebration
15 II(*)   |           planted by the mythical King Shedad, the son of Ad, the
16 II(*)   |          Djemshid, into which the King is said to have cast his
17 III(*)  |                        Stanza 1.--King Solomon sent the lapwing
18 III(*)  |           she said: Lo, here is a king whose messengers are the
19 III(*)  |       birds verily he is a mighty king."~Stanzas 5 and 6.--The
20 VII     |        the beggar may boast him a king,~His banqueting-hall is
21 VIII    |           two!~Bring wine for the king and the slave at the gate~
22 VIII(*) |           human greatness, is the King whose mastery has left nothing
23 XI(*)   | constructed by a certain fabulous King Shedad, who wished to be
24 XVIII(*)|         of genius to the son of a king. She would have kept him
25 XXI(*)  |            It is related that the King of the Deccan, Mahmud Shah
26 XXIV    |         to mirror forth the Great King's face;~One ray of light
27 XXIV(*) |        Abu Ishac. Accordingly the King looked about for some means
28 XXVI(*) |        Poem II. He was the fourth king of the First or Pishdadian
29 XXVI(*) |           son of Kaikobad, second king of the Kayanian dynasty;
30 XXVI(*) |           be Kaikhusro, the third king of the same dynasty.~Stanza
31 XXVI(*) |         the legend. At length the King sent to him and told him
32 XXVI(*) |          place where the murdered King lay, and drawing a dagger,
33 XXVI(*) |         this poem was sent to the King of Golconda.~
34 XXXIX   |         carry thy lament unto the King.~ ~
35 XXXIX(*)|       because they had washed the King's body while he was ill.
36 XXXIX(*)|           perform the task to the King's satisfaction, and at length
37 XXXIX(*)|      three maidens who washed the King's body; the parrots of India