The Wise Judge• Once upon a time, Baghdad was ruled by the

Caliph by name Mustafa. One day, he overheard some of his courtiers discussing about a wise judge in his empire who speedily dispensed justice.

tThe Caliph decided to himself find out the truth by disguising himself as a merchant. truth by disguising himself as a merchant.

Baghdad

He rode a horse and travelled to the city where the wise justice(Qazi) held court everyday. Once inside the city,

the Caliph was approached by a beggar for alms.

But, the beggar insisted that he drop him on his horse to the market place.

The Caliph asked the beggar to climb behind him on his horse. On reaching the market place, the Caliph asked the beggar to get down from his horse as he

had reached his destination.

But, the wily old beggar insisted that it was the Caliph who should get down for the horse belonged to him.

People took them to the the judge’s court

The Judge’s Court

The Judge’s court and the crowd

The judge was attending to a quarrel between a farmer and a

writer about a dumb slave.

The next case was a quarrel between a butcher and an oil-merchant over cheating of gold coins.

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The beggar accused the merchant robbing him of his horse before the judge. The judge asked them to keep horse in

his stable and come the next day to hear judgment.

The next day-The judge gave the writer his slave and punished the

farmer with 50 strips for laying before a court of law

Then the judge gave the butcher his gold coins and merchant was punished

with two scores of lashes.

Finally, the judge asked them to follow the stable to recognise the horse among several others. In the end, the judge gave Mustapha-

the Caliph his horse and beggar 50 lashes.

In the end, everybody left the court. The Caliph revealed to the judge his true

identity. On hearing it, the judge came forward and bowed low and kissed the hand of his

master.

The judge revealed his wisdom behind the judgment to the Caliph.

The Caliph wished the judge be given his place after him.

The End

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