Note 85
The Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban.
This phrase is contained in the word "ihdák" =encompassing, as the conjunctiva does the pupil.
…awned the King repaired to his audience hall, and his Lords and Nobles surrounded him and his Chamberlains and his Ministers, as the white encloseth the black of the eye.[FN#85] Now the King had a Wazir among his Wazirs, unsightly to look upon, an ill omened spectacle; sordid, ungenerous, full of envy and evil will. When this Minister saw the King place the physician near him and give him all these gifts, he jaloused him and p…
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