The Nāṣirī Generations 158.11

158.11

He spread the carpet of pleasure, and directed that festivity and gaiety should be the order of the day; and, from the time of meridian prayer to the period of evening prayer, the whole of that money, consisting of darhams and dinars, contained in leathern bags and in scrips, was poured out of the windows of the Kasr. As it was a public banquet and a largess to both high and low, great and small, every description of the different classes of the people of the city of Firuz-koh were arriving in crowds at the foot of the Kushk, and kept themselves under the Sultan’s observation. To each class of persons he was giving a liberal share of dishes, long-necked flasks, lamps, ewers, cups, platters, bowls, goblets, and other vessels of different descriptions, all of gold and of silver, and, among other presents, above a thousand slaves of his own, both male and female, which he repurchased again from their [new] owners. The whole city, from those largesses, became [so to speak] filled with gold.