[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt) › 12.1 # سندبادنامه 12.1 English (machine translation) 12.1 - **Language:** English ### [12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.12.1) "Upon the servant there is an obligation that he must fulfill, / even if the master is exalted and his virtues are sublime." Praise and gratitude are due to God Almighty, who adorned the territory of Islam with the beauty of justice and the perfection of virtue belonging to the most just of kings and the most excellent of sultans, the supreme just Khāqān of the world, the aided, triumphant, victorious, and exalted king, the honor of the kings of nations, master of the Turks and Persians, support of the Imam, helper of mankind, light of the state, glory of the religious community, refuge of the nation, majesty of the realm, crown of the kings of the Turks, pillar of the world and of religion, succor of Islam and the Muslims, vanquisher of enemies and rebels, shadow of God on the earths, sultan of the land of the East and the West, Alp Qutlugh Tonga Bilge Abū l-Muẓaffar Qilich Ṭamghāj Khāqān, son of Qilich Qara Khān, proof of the caliph of God, supporter of the Commander of the Faithful—may God exalt his supporters and multiply his power—and made the pavilions of his majesty and dignity firmly pitched and established with the ropes of divine assistance, and conveyed the inherited and acquired kingdom to the worthy and rightful heir, and caused the suns of equity and the full moons of fairness to rise from the horizons of his realms and the paths of his ways, and from the fountains of his justice and the springs of his virtue caused the flow of security and peace to run into the streams of his kingdom and state, and made the mandate of his commands and prohibitions effective, absolute, commanding, and governing across the territory of the earth and the climes of the world, so that - [Previous: 11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.11.1) - [Next: 12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.12.15) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.12) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.12.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.12.1) · Pramāṇa