About the work “Sohibqiron”
According to the textbook, in “Sohibqiron” Amir Temur is shown less in battles than in a whirl of thoughts. His complex nature opens in his attitude to Boyazid, the amirs and his sons. Temur names three pillars of the state: a plentiful treasury, a single ruler and an unbeatable army; he holds that as a flock has one shepherd, a people should be ruled by one king. He weighs whether each step is right and fears causing someone’s death by a mistake, yet regards himself as the doer of a great historical task. The textbook says his forgiving nature toward an enemy is shown in the figure of Boyazid and his rewarding of those who do good in the figure of Qosimbek. The idea is also advanced that on campaign he marches not against a people but against an evil ruler. The textbook also names Temur’s meeting with Ahmad Yassaviy as one of the most moving scenes when the drama is read in full; we did not see that part in the excerpt.
In class discuss Temur’s ideas of the “three pillars”, “one shepherd” and “marching against an evil ruler”: give two arguments and one objection for each.