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| | Akbar-Birbal anecdotes |
 | | From the Urdu jestbook Hikayat-e Birbal kamil, har cahar hissah, by the arrangement of Malik Chiragh ud-Din. |
 | | Birbal, having heard them, said, "I will give the answer to them tomorrow." With these words, he went to his house. |
 | | The king, as soon as he saw his face, said, "Birbal has brought the answers to our questions of yesterday." He said, "Your Majesty, I am at your service." With these words he drove the nail into the midst of the royal palace, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the center of the earth. |
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