ولما نزل الأمير بسطت بين يديه شقاق الحرير يمشي عليها، فكان من مكارمه وفضله أن قدمني أمامه ليرى ذلك الأمير منزلتي عنده
When the amir dismounted pieces of silk were spread before him to walk on, and one of his acts of generosity and benevolence was that he made me precede him, in order that the governor should see the high esteem that he had for me