Khorassan : Khurasan or Khorasan, a region now of north-eastern Iran, bounded on the north by U.S.S.R. (now Commonwealth of Independent States), & on the east by Afghanistan. (See Baghdad & Khalid of the Sea)
... than birth Of day upon the ordinary earth. He has rich garments, would the naked clothe Page 159 From Bagdad to the sea, were he not loth: The leavings of his menials far exceed In Khorassan the labourer's sharpened need. And since by thee this fair display was planned, O God, yet from the beggar's outstretched hand He guards his boundless trust ignobly well, Just Lord, display to... Glanced on the rash accuser; for his word Was Hédoya before the Kazi heard. But whence the fountain of his wealth might flow, Well did the sad and toiling peasant know. For he as governor in Khorassan Had held the balance betwixt man and man And justified his rule benevolent By rape and torture for their own good meant, The fallen rooftree and the broken door And rents wrung from the miserable ...
... to appearances, it more often happens, on the contrary, that one is tempted to make hasty and uncharitable judgments on others. The Shah of Persia Ismail Sefevi had just conquered the land of Khorassan and was returning to his capital. As he was passing by the home of the poet Hatifi, he thought he would visit him. He did not have the patience to go as far as the gate of the house, so great was ...
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