The Manners of Kings
blanket, but that one country cannot hold two Pâdshâhs. When a pious man eats half a loaf of bread, he bestows the other half upon Dervishes. If a Pâdshâh were to conquer the seven climates[1] he would still in the same way covet another.
- ↑ The world being, according to Moslem geography, divided into seven climates, the sense is that if a king were to conquer the whole world, he would long for another to conquer.
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