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# Mughal Administration c8.s1.3

Mughal Administration c8.s1.3

- **Language:** English

### [c8.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s1.3)

Zāgh dum su-i-shahar wa sar su-i-deh.  
Dum-i-ān zāgh āz sar-i-u beh.\*  
The tail of a crow was turned towards the city and its head towards the village;  
Surely, the tail here was better than the head!  
\[‘better’, \*i.e.\*, nobler or happier.\]

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