مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 2.81

2.81

He said: The scholars attend his assembly and break their fast with him in the month of Ramaḍān, and each night the Ṣadr-i Jahān orders one of those present to put forward a subtle point; then the company take up the discussion of it in the Sultan's presence, and he is like one of them, speaking with them and debating among them, and being answered back. He is one who permits nothing forbidden and tolerates no one in a reprehensible act; no one dares