Motif
Fall from court through stratagem
fall_from_court_through_stratagem
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Exposure, Judgment, and Punishment. 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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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM; lines 11006-11089 confidence: high
Nizam-el-Moulk waits for his stratagem; Hassan-Sebbah presents a fhrist and defter materials before Alp-Arslan, cannot find a requested leaflet, is reprimanded, and Nizam-el-Moulk comments on the disorder of the work.
The passage presents a court stratagem that causes Hassan-Sebbah's confusion, reprimand, and withdrawal from court.
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