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And when they come to him, they say, "May God reward you with good. You have sent us great hospitality. If only there were your like." As for the Sultan, they would affirm their loyalty to him. The Amin would be surprised by this and say, "These people are praising me and saying that I sent them food, even though I did not do any of that." He did not know the reason for it and remained bewildered as to how they knew about it. Until it happened that he was in the Harem in the evening and went out to the Diwan. He saw Muhammad Kara, the chief of the food servers. When he sensed this, he waited and hid in a place. He heard Sheikh Muhammad say to the servants, "Bring the King's food. There are guests." They said to him, "This and that." He said, "Prepare this and that for them. I will tell them that the Amin sent this dinner." Until all the food was distributed. He said, "This is where the work came from." He was appointed to it, honored, and his rank was raised, and he was made the chief of the Kura. In their custom, he is the one who rules over the horses and all the servants, and it is a great position for them. Even if, in the custom of others, it is not beyond being the chief of the servants. Muhammad Kara remained in the company of the Amin in this state until the Amin traveled to Koroqal in the company of Sultan Turab. Sheikh Muhammad Kara traveled with him because of the Sultan Muhammad Niyaz's journey. Koroqal has ruled in the matter of lineage, the one who knows genealogies, that the Sultan

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