تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.30.6

13.30.6

ولي حاجة من فيض جودك أرتجي ... قضاها، وقصدي عند مجدك سهلا

When they prepared to return to their country, they importuned me to pay my debts, so I wrote a long poem in praise of the sultan and presented it to him. He received it with pleasure, and I was congratulated by everyone. After waiting for some time I wrote a petition and transmitted it to the sultan, who ordered the wazir to pay my debts. The wazir delayed for some days, and meanwhile received orders to proceed to Dawlat Abad. During this time the sultan had gone out hunting; the wazir set off, and I received nothing at all until some time later. When my creditors were ready to travel I said to them “ When I go to the palace, claim your debt from me according to the custom in this country,” for I knew that when the sultan learned of that he would pay them. Their custom is this; the creditor awaits the debtor at the door of the palace, and when the debtor is on the point of entering he says to him “ O enemy of the sultan, by the head of the sultan you shall not enter until you have paid me.” The debtor may not leave the place after that until he pays him or obtains a delay from him. They did this, and the sultan sent a chamberlain to ask the merchants the amount of the debt. They replied “ Fifty-five thousand dinars.” The sultan then sent the chamberlain to say to them “ The Master of the World says to you ‘ The money is in my possession, and I shall give you justice;