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1 Pre | Shah, Abu Said appointed Sheikh Hussein ibn Juban to the
2 Pre | lucrative and much-coveted post. Sheikh Hussein took the precaution
3 Pre | and her sons, and drove Sheikh Hussein into exile. He,
4 Pre | escaped from the hands of Sheikh Hussein, took possession
5 Pre | one of the followers of Sheikh Mahmud Attar, who would
6 Pre | the learned men of Shiraz. Sheikh Mahmud did not give himself
7 Pre | that I may drink to the Sheikh who has no monastery." Sheikh
8 Pre | Sheikh who has no monastery." Sheikh Mahmud's attitude doubtless
9 Pre | the disciples of a certain Sheikh Hassan Asrakpush in particular,
10 Pre | of the uninitiated. From Sheikh Mahmud, perhaps, he learnt
11 Pre | may be admitted that the Sheikh went far towards providing
12 Pre | it clean in the wine that Sheikh Mahmud provided for him;
13 Pre | teacher. He also became a sheikh.~How he first revealed his
14 Pre | to the wise guidance of Sheikh Mahmud Attar, partly to
15 Pre | comes, I fancy that the Sheikh will find that he has gained
16 IX | gain~That accrues to the Sheikh for his lawful cheer,~Or
17 XIX | Tavern-priest am I;~The pious Sheikh may promise future bliss,~
18 XXX(*)| struck up acquaintance with a Sheikh whom he found seated in
19 XXX(*)| corner of a mosque. The Sheikh was engaged in reading the
20 XXX(*)| continues, "contains the tomb of Sheikh Sa'di, the first poet of
21 XXX(*)| Ruknabad. In the garden Sheikh Sa'di constructed a number
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