poets

most merciful, most forgiving

Merciful to His believers in this world and in the Hereafter

teasing, vexation, amorous dalliance, derision, cheerfulness

related to Genghis Khan-allusion, despotic rule, tyranny, brutality, ruthlessness in that tradition

Ismaili, a follower of the Agha Khan

kind of crisp bread made of flour, milk, sugar and butter

eat

bragging, boasting

arrogance, bragging

sharpness

proud to be a 'Khan'

a fine bright ink named after its inventor Alif Khan

personal bodyguards of a lord or king

diamond-shaped or with diamond-like squares

sleeper with golden embroidery work

Allah, the most merciful, an attribute of Allah