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Long ago, scholars used geometry
 to learn the size and scope

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of the Earth for the first time.

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In which case, is it also possible 
to use geometry to determine

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the size and scope of the fate
 we hold in our hands?

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This is the story of a witch
who made a vast continent her plaything.

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{\fnGeorgia\bord1\b1\blur0.8\fs45\shad0\pos(320,95)\3c&H67698C&\t(3335,3336,\3c&HAD97A0&)}Jaadugar

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And just where are you trying
 to fly to, my little bird?

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You are such a handful, child.

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{\fad(0,1500)\an7\bord0\shad0\b1\fnVerdana\fs18\c&H4A52AB&\pos(33,115)}A.D. 1213
Tus
Eastern Iran

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{\fad(1250,950)\b1\bord0\shad0\an8\fs12\t(\fs14)\move(250,210,258,208)\c&H395481&}Tus

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{\fad(1250,0)\fnVerdana\b1\fs11.5\bord0\shad0\blur0.3\an7\pos(119,295.5)\clip(115,280.5,414.5,318.5)\t(4800,5280,\clip(115,280.5,116.5,317)}All That Is in the Heavens and All That Is in the Earth

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I love how full of life the bazaar is.

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Mistress.

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When your iddah mourning period for 
the late master ends, let's come shopping.

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Good idea.

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For today, though, I hope Allah
will lead us to a fine slave.

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Not as fine as you, of course.

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All of them are hard workers.

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This woman, for example,
is skilled at cooking.

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This one is a skilled seamstress.

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And this one's a talker,

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so perhaps she'd make a good conversation
 partner for you, Lady Fatima.

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Perhaps.

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But what we most need 
help with right now is...

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The cleaning. That huge mansion 
is too much for me to handle alone.

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Yes, and I still haven't finished sorting
through my late husband's belongings.

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Ah, say no more.

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Then, how about this woman?

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She has a true gift for cleaning.

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My name is Anis.

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Cleaning isn't about 
what you wish to discard,

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but what you wish to keep.

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Your days will be neat and tidy.
I give you my word.

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That would be wonderful.

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How much for her?

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I'll let you have her for 800 dirham.

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I know slaves aren't cheap,
but my goodness...

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Mr. Ahmad, please.
Can't you go a little lower?

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I would normally refuse,

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but I {\i1}could{\i0} make an exception
and let you have her for half price.

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What?

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What?

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But in return...

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Come.

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Go on. Do as I taught you.

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Oh, how cute.

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Who's this?

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I acquired her just the other day.
Her name is Sitara.

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Oh, your name means "star." How lovely.

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She's a bit bashful, but as you can see,
her smile is quite fetching.

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If properly educated, I reckon she could
be a servant to someone of high standing.

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So here's my proposal.

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Lady Fatima.

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Yours is a scholarly household,

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and Young Master Muhammad's keen mind
shines brightly even here in Tus.

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Studying in your home 
will give her real cachet.

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So might I trouble you 
to take her in for a while?

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You agreed to his deal?

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Please. You're the only one qualified
 to be her teacher now, Brother.

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I'm still in my iddah, and I don't know
any teachers outside our family.

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Besides, slave or no, seeking knowledge
 is the duty of every Muslim.

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I suppose.

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Recitation is the cornerstone 
of all learning.

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The first step on that journey
is to recite the Quran properly.

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Now, repeat after me.

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"In the name of Allah,
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."

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Now you.

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Go on. Try saying it.

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It's hopeless. This girl 
has absolutely no talent.

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Try as I might, she just smiles
and shows no interest in learning.

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But I promised I would take her in.

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I'll pay back the discount
you got on the other slave.

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I'm sorry, Brother.

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I'll have him come fetch you.
Wait here a while, all right?

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Mr. Ahmad's establishment, right? I'll go.

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Yes. Sorry to trouble you.

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I have to get away.

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I don't wanna get sold off 
to who knows where. I'm going home.

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I'm lost.

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Where's the way out?

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A boy?

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{\3c&HFFFFFF&\4c&HFFFFFF&\t(30,750,\3c&H500000&\4c&H500000&)\t(4690,5180,\3c&HFFFFFF&\4c&HFFFFFF&)}And Young Master Muhammad's keen mind
shines brightly even here in Tus.

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Excuse me.

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Where's the door?

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Th-This is most improper.

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A female mustn't show herself before a man
with her hair uncovered.

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It's okay. I'm still little.

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You're too close.

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Besides, you look like 
you're still a child to me,

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Young Master Muhammad.

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Who are you, anyway?

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My name is—

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Ah! {\i1}There{\i0} you are!

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I've looked high and low
after you ran off.

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The roses were so pretty,
I had to come look.

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She was looking for the way out.

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Unbelievable. How could you try to escape?

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Now, now. My brother will be back
with Ahmad any minute now.

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I'm so sorry.

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You wanted to go back, didn't you?

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Not to that man's place.

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To the house I lived in with my mother.

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My mother died, 
and her master sold me off.

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Then it's not your house.

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You're a slave.

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If you want a {\i1}real{\i0} home to return to,

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study hard so you'll be bought
 by a good master.

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Then, I'm never {\i1}ever{\i0} gonna study!

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I don't wanna study!
I won't make cute faces anymore, either!

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It only makes me more valuable!

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If I study, I'll get sold off again 
somewhere even farther away than this!

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I'm sick of going places
where I don't recognize anything!

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Little girl. Your name is Sitara?

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So that's the reason
you came here to study?

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Our lots in life might be
rather different, and yet...

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Say, Zumurrud.

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Would you fetch me a water bucket
 from the kitchen?

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The larger the better.

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Of course.

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Come with me.

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Where are we going?

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The roof?

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Will this do?

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Yes, thank you.

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I'm going to drop this
into the courtyard, okay?

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Young Master?

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Is that girl really a lost cause?

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Wh-What was that? What's going on?

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What was that noise just now?
 Is everyone all right?

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Did lightning strike the house?

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A-Are you sure we aren't
under enemy attack?

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Is it those barbarous nomads?

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A water bucket?

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They're all in a panic.

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Young Master, 
your little prank went too far.

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If I might ask, why are you two
so calm and composed?

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Well, why wouldn't we be?

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We knew it was going to hit the ground,
so we covered our ears.

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So one might say you predicted a future
in which there would be a loud noise

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and took appropriate precautions.
Is that correct?

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Well, uh, yes, I suppose.

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Perhaps that is what learning
 is all about.

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At this moment in time, 
you don't know where you are,

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what is happening,

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or what is going to become of you.

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Your life is full of unknowns.

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In a way, my uncle and the others
 down there are the same.

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But if you study and become wise,

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you will know the best course of action
 to take, whatever trouble you're in.

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That can never be a bad thing.

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That's what studying is?

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Uncle!

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Sorry for startling you! That was me!

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This water bucket is all bent
and won't stack anymore.

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It no longer sparks joy.

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Go and have it repaired.

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I'll see to the cooking.

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Why, hello there, Sitara.

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If you have questions about anything,
 feel free to ask.

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I... I will.

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Thus Sitara found herself serving
 in a scholarly household,

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while studying hard.

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You look so pretty, Mistress!

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Thank you. But I must admit, 
I feel quite self-conscious.

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Don't be silly.

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This is your first day going back
 to the hammam baths after your iddah.

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Go freshen up, put on some makeup,
dye your hair and hands with henna,

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and chat up a storm with the other wives.

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If you insist.

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I'll take you with me someday,

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Sitara.

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Sure.

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"And to Allah belongs
all that is in the heavens,

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and all that is in the earth."

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My recitation is still different
than Uncle's somehow.

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I'll have him teach me again.

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Mother, can we talk?

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Uh, where is Mother?

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Mistress Fatima went to the hammam.

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Didn't she tell you?

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What? Oh, was that today?

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Is there no room up there
for anything but your studies?

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As I've told you, please don't leave
 your room with your hair uncovered.

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And as I've told you, I'm still little.

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Besides, you're still only 12,
Young Master Muhammad.

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What's so bad about someone
who still can't grow a beard

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setting foot in a woman's room?

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I'm not a child!

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Am I immature in your eyes too?

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My teacher told me I was too ignorant
 in the ways of the world.

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Your law teacher?

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Yes, Ustad Kamal al-Din. Father
introduced me to him before he died.

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But lately, there are times when I sense
 we view things differently.

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He does not even give clear answers
to questions I put to him.

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{\t(4030,5025,\3c&HFFFFFF&\4c&HFFFFFF&)}You have far too little experience
to understand such things.

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I... intend to go on a journey.

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I wish to travel to Nishapur
and visit its renowned teachers.

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And I won't stop there.
I will eventually visit other cities

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and engage with wisdom

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from any and all sources, not just Islam,

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in search of truth.

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I believe that to be the path my father,
a scholar himself, wanted for me.

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That is so admirable.

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Well, I have washing to do,
 so I should go.

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Sure.

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"And to Allah belongs all that is in the
 heavens, and all that is in the earth."

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No matter how hard I study,

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I'll never match Master Muhammad, will I?

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Well, Mother, I'm off.

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Devote yourself to your studies there
so as not to bring shame on your father.

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I will.

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Take good care of yourself.

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Well, I'm off.

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I'll see you partway there.

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Thank you, Uncle.

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Wait a moment.

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Girl.

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I'm told you are still unable to read.

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Yes.

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I see.

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I shall write letters to you.

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When I become a teacher in the future,

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I'll need to convey lessons
to young children like you.

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So I will write as simply as I can.

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I'm your way of {\i1}practicing{\i0}?

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I ask you to study hard
so you can read them to my mother.

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Understood, Sitara?

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Never stop learning, okay?

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I understand. I won't.

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I'll be off now.

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Muhammad, a boy of Tus who would go on 
to become a scholar of some renown,

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and Sitara, a slave girl.

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This would be the last time they would 
ever see each other face-to-face.

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{\fnGeorgia\b1\blur0.3\bord0\shad0\fs20\fscx120\pos(543,222)\c&H4153A3&}8 Years Later

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"In the name of Allah,
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."

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Huh?

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It's the Tus militia.

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Ms. Zumurrud?

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They must be off to scout around
 outside the city.

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Apparently, armed nomads
have been seen in the area.

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My little brother is among them somewhere.

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I haven't seen him in ages, though.

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Oh?

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Mikhail and I were born
in a land far to the west.

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One right by the sea.

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When the evening sun set,
 everything turned a lovely purple color.

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The sea?

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We were poor,

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but how I loved watching the sea.

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Sitara?

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Might I trouble you to read this letter?

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Yes! Right away!

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In the usual room, yes?

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My goodness, look how happy she is.

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Here goes.

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"Mother. Uncle."

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"In the eight years since I left,
I have studied many fields of learning,

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such as philosophy, mathematics,
medicine, and astronomy."

259
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Nishapur is a large city
where noted scholars gather.

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For example, I was instructed 
by Fadl al-Din Damad

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in the medical arts founded by Ibn Sina.

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Unlike theology, in which 
you simply parrot what you are taught,

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science is knowledge built upon 
real-world experience gained by scholars.

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I find this manner of learning
far more agreeable.

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"And also..."

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"If our little star, Sitara,
will deign to listen,

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please tell her about Euclid and Ptolemy."

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Come with me.

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Thank you for showing me
all these precious books.

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Think nothing of it. Seeking knowledge
 is the duty of every Muslim.

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That's what my late 
scholarly husband told me.

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Euclid's {\i1}Elements{\i0} is that one there.

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Sure.

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"A point is that which has no part."

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"A line is breadthless length."

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"The ends of a line are points."

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It's like he's stating obvious things
in an overblown way.

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But what makes "obvious things" obvious?

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It is by amassing examples one by one
that we prove universal principles.

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Was that too hard?

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Yes, sorry. I just don't see how 
I can apply this knowledge.

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In that case, let's find
a more interesting one for you.

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Al-Biruni's {\i1}Book of Instructions 
in the Elements of the Art of Astrology{\i0}.

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A book on astrology?

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More down to earth, right?

286
00:19:57,770 --> 00:19:59,640
Look at this.

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"The diameter of the Earth
is 2,163 and 1/3 farsakh,

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and its circumference is 6,800 farsakh."

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This person traveled
to the ends of the Earth?

290
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Of course not. That's impossible.

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By forming a right triangle
using a spot on the ground,

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a mountaintop,
 and the center of the Earth,

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it is possible to determine 
the Earth's radius.

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A mountaintop?

295
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You can also calculate the Earth's 
circumference using the angle of shadows.

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Using shadows?

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All of this was derived from 
the universal knowledge found in {\i1}Elements{\i0}.

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Well? Does it pique your interest?

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It's burning!

300
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:49,240
Huh?

301
00:20:54,870 --> 00:20:57,690
It's been one failure after another
with you lately.

302
00:20:58,650 --> 00:21:00,670
I'm sorry, Ms. Anis.

303
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Listen, Sitara.

304
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Slaves do all sorts of jobs.

305
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:10,170
Some slaves are given an education
in order to entertain their master.

306
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We sometimes even receive
a pledge to be set free.

307
00:21:15,220 --> 00:21:18,950
You shouldn't get your hopes up
too high, though.

308
00:21:18,950 --> 00:21:21,800
We don't get to decide such things.

309
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,400
We aren't people. We're property.

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Girls, please...

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Gather around.

312
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,660
Can you also go fetch Zumurrud?

313
00:21:29,900 --> 00:21:31,280
What's the matter?

314
00:21:31,730 --> 00:21:35,040
The Tus militia has been defeated
by the nomads.

315
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,300
Heaven did not answer our prayers
 with mercy, but with fire.

316
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Instead of rain, fire embers fell 
across the land, followed by silence,

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which took the place of the flames.

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{\fs20\bord1\i1\fnArial\shad0\3c&H252527&}Highness, as you can see, we have put down

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{\fs20\bord1\i1\fnArial\shad0\3c&H252527&}the fools who took up arms against us.

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{\fs20\bord1\i1\fnArial\shad0\3c&H252527&}We will enter their city within days.

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00:22:02,630 --> 00:22:03,340
{\fs20\bord1\i1\fnArial\shad0\3c&H252527&}Ah...

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{\fs20\bord1\i1\fnArial\shad0\3c&H252527&}Speaking of which,
 are there scholars in Tus?

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{\fs20\bord1\i1\fnArial\shad0\3c&H252527&}Highness?

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00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,720
{\fs20\bord1\i1\fnArial\shad0\3c&H252527&}I'm looking for something, you see.

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{\fnVerdana\b1\fs15\bord0\shad0\blur0.3\an7\pos(258,210)}The Roses That Bloom in Safar

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Next time: "The Roses 
That Bloom in Safar."