Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map (1906)
Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 574
hewas paid for reciting. Paid! he responded, I am not paid!I recite for the sake of Allah! Then, replied the other, for Allahs sake dont! A sequel in the same vein is told by Saadi to prove theoccasional value of a disagreeable voice. A certain muezzinin the mosque had so harsh a voice that his… … SOME ANECDOTES FROM SAADI 335 ing to offend the man, gave him ten dinars to go somewhereelse, and the gift was gladly accepted. Some time afterwardthe fellow returned to the prince and complained that aninjustice had been done him by the smallness of the donation: for, said he, at the place where I…
Zoroastrianism
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
