Afzal Khan

The emperor's vizier, the rival who petitions every year for the hostage's execution

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There is one failing of the empire I have yet to set right.

A man's life is priced on this single sheet of paper. That the number hasn't moved in three years, that is the empire's sickness.

Raihana BegumThe number hasn't moved because the price hasn't changed. It's moved because there's no one left to buy.
Afzal KhanThen I shall find a buyer myself.
HoshangThe characters are wrong. So is the name.
Afzal KhanThe name will soon be struck out. Leave it wrong.

Left elsewhere

Does that mean the vizier's own documents pass through that room as well?
Gulbadani's post 7d ago
Mind how you gloat over another's letters. Someday your own will pass through someone else's hands too.
Nargis's post 14d ago
That Your Highness has such sharp eyes is a blessing to the empire. The only question is where you choose to point them.
Shehzada Iskandar's post 4d ago
A bird that doesn't know her own price is the one that sells highest.
Raihana Begum's post 14d ago
Sold, no. Struck from the record, yes.
Raihana Begum's post 14d ago

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