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Coming from hunting, one of them said to him, "I am wronged, Rashid, for God's sake. Rashid, I am wronged." And it was their custom that when the wronged person came before the Sultan, he would place his right index finger and thumb on his cheeks and repeat them while making a loud sound, with a "kaf" and many "ha"s, which would come out of his mouth as a sound called "korrak." This sound is only made by someone who has suffered a calamity. The Arabs would make this sound and say after each sound, "For God's sake, Rashid, I am wronged." The Sultan would be distracted from him, either by something he was doing or because he couldn't hear him due to the multitude of drums, singing, and the voices of the soldiers. The Arab made the "korrak" sound repeatedly. When the Sultan did not respond to him, his companion said to him, "Leave him, Rashid is enough for himself." The Sultan heard this and asked the Arab what he had said. He replied: He made the "korrak" sound repeatedly and complained to you, calling out, "Rashid, I am wronged." When you did not answer him, I told him, "Leave him, for Rashid is enough for himself, not Rashid for you." The Sultan laughed and said, "Rather, I am Rashid for you too. Tell me, who wronged you?" He said, "My oppressor's name was Basmi Khair, and he was from my relatives." The Sultan asked, "And what did he take from you?" He said, "He took from me two thousand camels." The Sultan stood in his place and summoned Basmi Khair. He appeared, and the Sultan ordered that ten thousand camels be given to him and a slave.