سندبادنامه 160.1

160.1

When the agreement of the words of all seven viziers was settled upon preparing the means for the deliverance and release
of the prince, one of the seven, who was the moon of sagacity and the Mercury of thought, said to the executioner:
“Keep the punishment of the prince in abeyance until I go to the presence of the shah and bring before the mirror
of his mind an expedient course that has appeared, so that [we see] in what manner the command issues forth
and how the order will be.”
The Coming of the First Vizier before the Presence of the Shah
Then the first vizier went before the shah, and observed the duty of service and the requisites of praise and greeting,
and said: “May the span of the life of the triumphant shah and the renowned monarch be spent in following intellect