Note 302 — Chapter IV · THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS AN ARMY

Hammer, Staatsverfassung, 98: “Kanun of the Security of the Throne: The majority of Legists (Ulema) have declared it allowable, that whoever among my illustrious children and grandchildren may come to the throne, should, for securing the peace of the world, order his brothers to be executed. Let them hereafter act accordingly.”