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# سندبادنامه 394.2

سندبادنامه 394.2

- **Language:** Persian

### [394.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.394.2)

بزرگان چنین گفته اند : الملک عقیم ولا أرحام بین الملوک وبین احد . اگر صفت پاذشاه آن بوذی کی از فرزند وپیوند ، واولیا واقربا باجترامهای قبیح ، وارتکابهای شنیع ، عفو واعماض فرموذی ، الملک عقیم درشأن او نیامذی ، ولا ارحام بین الملوک حشو بوذی؛ وفحوی این قضایا ، ومضمون این اشارات آنست کی سلطنت مفسدت احتال نکنذ، ورباست مرحمت وشفقت بر نگیرذ؛ وصلب ورحم دافع ومانع سیاست نکردذ ، وقرابت وخویشی حایل عدل وحاجب انصاف نشوذ؛ واگر پاذشاه در هر یک از اولیای دولت ومملکت بچشم رأفت وعاطفت نگرذ ، ومصالح ملک ودوات مهمل گذارذ ، مملکت اختلال وانتثار بذیرذ ، وحاسدان وقاصدان از اطراف ممالک سر برآرید ، ودستهای تطاول وتعدی وظلم دراز کنند ، وآن غفلت مهیج فترت گردذ ، وفترت سبب زوال وانتقال ملک ودولت شوذ . ازین وساوس وهواجس ، ومتختلات ومتوهمات ، چندان بر وی غله کرد ، کی مثال داذ تا پسررا سیاست کنند ، وآنرا تارییخ روزنامهٔ‌ عدل وانصاف گردانند دستور ششم کی در بسیط مملکت تمکین چهار ارکان داشت ، وبر آسمان دولت تأثیر خسرو اختران ، چون این خبر بشنیذ کی شاه فرزندرا سیاست

> "The great have said: 'Kingship is barren, and there are no ties of kinship between kings and anyone.' If  
> it were the trait of a king to grant pardon and indulgence to child and kin, to favorites and relatives, for vile offenses  
> and atrocious deeds, 'kingship is barren' would not have been said of him,  
> and 'there are no ties of kinship between kings' would be superfluous; and the import of these maxims and the substance of these  
> indications is that sovereignty cannot tolerate corruption, and rule cannot brook mercy and pity;  
> lineage and womb do not avert or prevent punishment, and kinship and relation do not become an obstacle to justice  
> or a veil over equity. If the king were to look upon every one of the ministers of state and kingdom with the eye of  
> clemency and affection, and neglect the welfare of realm and state, the kingdom would suffer disorder  
> and ruin, and the envious and malevolent would raise their heads from the frontiers of the realms, and stretch forth hands of  
> encroachment, aggression, and oppression; and that negligence would provoke disorder, and disorder  
> would become the cause of the decline and transfer of realm and state." These whispers, misgivings, imaginations,  
> and apprehensions so overcame him that he commanded that his son be subjected to punishment,  
> and that it be made the date-entry in the chronicle of justice and equity.  
> The sixth vizier, who possessed the stability of the four pillars across the expanse of the kingdom and the influence of the lord of the stars upon the heaven  
> of the realm, when he heard this news that the shah had ordered the execution of his son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.394.2) — English, machine translation

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