ENG 10 The Wise Caliph - Words/Meaning and Summary

 

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Unit-1 - Contributions Of Notable Leaders
Reading Comprehension
The Wise Caliph

Words/Meaning and Summary

Words / Meaning

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Afford	Able to buy
2.	Astonish	Amaze
3.	Approach	To come near
4.	Be off	Go away
5.	Beg	Request
6.	Beggar	One who begs
7.	Caliph	A Muslim ruler
8.	Certain	Sure
9.	Claim	Demand
10.	Close	Near
11.	Cling	Stick
12.	Cruelty	Brutality, Ruthlessness
13.	Decision	Resolution
14.	Deserve	Worthy of something
15.	Disguise	Change the appearance, hide
16.	Dismount	Get down, Get off
17.	Dispute	Quarrel
18.	Faithful	Loyal
19.	First-hand	Direct
20.	Forgive	Pardon
21.	Hinted	Suggest or indicate something indirectly
22.	Hurry	Speed up
23.	Injustice	Unfairness
24.	Instead	In place of
25.	Just	Right, correct
26.	Justice	Fairness
27.	Lame	A person who limps
28.	Limp	Walk lamely, Hobble
29.	Lend	Loan, grant to (someone) the use of (something)
30.	Master	Owner
31.	Mention	Inform
32.	Merciful	Kind
33.	Mingle	Mix
34.	Motion	Move, to signal
35.	Noble	Gentle
36.	Noticed	Observed
37.	Neigh	Horse noise, A characteristic high whinnying sound made by a horse
38.	Obvious	Clear
39.	Pity	The feeling of sorrow, Regret, Sadness
40.	Puzzled	Confused
41.	Pronounce	Declare
42.	Rags	Torn clothes
43.	Readily	Easily
44.	Refuse	Deny
45.	Reins	Guiding straps of a horse, Rope for controlling an animal
46.	Respect	Regard
47.	Restore	Reclaim
48.	Rob	Steal
49.	Settle	Solve, End a dispute
50.	Severe	Serious, stern
51.	Snort	, Make a nasal sound, Throw out the air violently from nose
52.	Swear	Take oath, Assert
53.	Shiver	Tremble
54.	Stiffen	Harden
55.	Utterly	Completely
56.	Well-to-do	Rich
57.	Wicked	Evil-mannered
58.	Wince	Shrink back, Withdraw oneself
59.	Wisdom	Intelligence, Being wise
60.	Wise	Clever

Short note Or Summary on The Wise Caliph

Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed was a wise Muslim king of Baghdad. He was famous for his justice and wisdom. One day Qazi of the city brought a disputed case before him, which he could not settle.Two men claimed ownership of a same horse. One man was rich and the other man was beggar.
Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed heard both the rich and the beggar.

 The Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed asked both of them to touch the horse, one by one. At first the beggar touched the horse. On his touch the horse winced, as it did not like his touching. the horse expressed its pleasure by neighing when the rich man touches it. The caliph gave his decision that horse belonged to rich man. He forgave the beggar. The rich man also forgave the beggar and gave him a handful gold coins.

OR

Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed was known and respected for his justice and wisdom. He would disguise himself as a common man, and go through the streets of Baghdad. He would mingle with the common people in order to gain first-hand knowledge of their difficulties and problems.
One day when he was holding the court, the Qazi brought before him dispute which he could not settle.
The dispute was between two men over a beautiful horse. Each of them claimed that the horse belonged to him. One was a well-dressed man, he was a rich man while the other was a beggar.

The rich man had let him a ride his horse but the beggar was a dishonest man so when they reached the city gate he refused to get down the horse and claimed that the horse belonged to him.
The Caliph ordered the beggar to touch the horse. When he touched, it winced as if it did not like the touch of his hand. But at the touch of the rich man's hand, the horse snorted and neighed with pleasure. The Caliph discovered that who was the real master of the horse. He pronounced "Give the horse to its master". Then he turned to the beggar and said, "You are a liar and a wicked man. You tried to rob an honest and respectable citizen. You deserve punishment, but I shall be merciful and forgive you this time, if you beg forgiveness of this gentle man here".
The rich man readily forgave the beggar and feeling sorry for him, gave him a handful of gold coins. This noble action of the rich man pleased everybody in the court.