Excerpt from the novel “Ulug‘bek’s Treasure”
In the first passage Mirzo Ulug‘bek receives news that his son Abdullatif’s army, with elephants, is approaching. The shaykh ul-islam advises returning to the city; it is said that the amir Sulton Jondor has run away. Samarkand’s gates are closed: the daroga Mironshoh will not open them, and Sulton Jondor’s voice is heard from a tower. The Shohruhiya fortress is also shut to him, and Ulug‘bek resolves to bow to his son. In the second passage Qalandar Qarnoqiy slips into the observatory at night and warns Ali Qushchi that the gold and books are in danger. They carry the treasure out through a tunnel and go to the cave of the blacksmith Temur Samarqandiy; the master agrees to prepare chests for the books and tells them to bury the gold. In the third passage Ulug‘bek is held in the Ko‘ksaroy; he fears his son will earn the evil name of “patricide”, and finds a secret note in bread advising him to flee. At the assembly of clerics he accuses them of sowing discord between father and son; then he talks with Abdullatif and tries to give him advice, but seeing his son’s arrogance, says he would rather die than be driven from the land. Abdullatif has a terrifying dream and is horrified by lines suggesting that his time on the throne will last only six months.
For each of the three passages choose one word for the hero’s inner state (e.g. tension, hope, anguish) and give a one-sentence reason.