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- Right, my master!

- Even Ali the Great, didn’t fight, but I do!

- O my master, you speak presumptuously because you challenged the Qur’an!

Görogly himself sees that he has really gone far beyond the limit, takes all the warriors’ blankets and sleeps. In his drunken sleep he is captured by Arap Reýhan. Arap Reýhan boasts of his power while carrying Görogly away to his lands. So, having been captive to his own arrogance, Görogly gives Arap some advice even though he is his enemy:

I stole a sheep from every range,

Looted all Istanbul,

Scourged by my arrogance, here to crouch.

Arap, never be so arrogant!

Görogly even advises his rival not to be so arrogant. Arap Reýhan’s arrogance leads to his death and Görogly’s plea for mercy leads him to freedom.

No one suffers from problems because of his humility, but so many because of their arrogance!

Soltan Alp Arslan, who levied tributes on dozens of states, punished his chief rival with the sentence of death. He ordered:

“Tear him into four parts with four horses, each tied to a leg or arm! For he is not an ordinary rival but the Han of rivals.”

 His rival shouts out saying, “You are a coward since you do not grant me a heroic death!”


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