Motif
deathbed counsel to prevent kin-strife
deathbed_counsel_to_prevent_kin_strife
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL / LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION; lines 289-349 confidence: high
The deathbed scene shows Shah Shudja summoning Ahmed after hearing Ahmed might dispute Zein-el-Abeddin’s succession; both brothers weep and Ahmed withdraws.
A dying ruler admonishes a brother who may dispute the succession and urges him to renounce the contested city.
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