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In accordance with the order of Oguz Han, they then divided the people into three groups. Their duties were to be divided in this way: it was to be the duty of scholars and learned people to collect taxes and flocks of sheep. The duties of budgeting, governing expenditure, the vizierate, and the chief stewardship belonged to the same group.

            Those who were brave and stout-hearted were to be assigned leadership roles. Those who were agile and nimble were trained to use the lasso.

            Those who were uneducated and ignorant were to be given sticks to be shepherds of camels, cattle, and sheep.

            If a captain or another commander should die, one with the best capacity for grooming the horses and for cultivating the land, was to take over. After the death of the chief of the tribe, if there should be no son to represent him after his death, whoever might be the bravest, the most experienced, the best informed on military affairs, with a good record of war bravery was to be the new chief of the tribe.

You should not keep moving from one place to another, nor staying in one place. You should stay on the mountain pasture during the summer. You should stay in sheltered seaside places during the winter and in warm places during the autumn. If you follow this advice your cattle will not waste away and their milk will not diminish. You will thrive. No matter how many years go by, no matter how many generations pass, as long as you follow my advice your offspring will be blessed. They will live in abundance. Allah will help them and send his grace upon them. Their state will be everlasting, their lives will be long and the nations of the world will pray for them.