ABSTRACT
Were paid. He took toil easily and loved C. 1685 The gear of chase and riding-ground. He sat Within his palace arabesqued with gold, And uttered counsel even in his cups. He built a city on the road to Rúm About two leagues in length. Within were mansions, And halls and gardens, on one hand a river And, on the other, heights. He built himself A palace in the city with a hall Of audience arabesqued with gold ; the vaulting Was all in gold and silver, with the gold Inlaid with divers kinds of precious stones. He built a cupola of ebony And ivory with figures of the same And teak. Artificers from Rúm and Hind, Whoever was a master in his craft, And had inherited his master’s skill,1 With all the illustrious artists of Írán, As well as from the province of Nímrúz, He gathered in that city, for it was At once a great seat and a place of trade. The prisoners of war brought from Barbar, From Rúm, and from the parts laid desolate,
