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The last will of Daryoosh to
his son:
At the end of my life, Iran
owns 25 countries, all of them use the
Iranian currency, they respect Iranian
and Iranian also respect
them.
Khashayar sha, the successor
to me, should try to keep these
countries. The way to do this is not to
interference in their internal affairs
and respects their religion. At this
time that I am leaving this world, you
posses 12 "kurur" gold coins in the
kingdom's treasury; always remember your
kingdom is based on two main pillars
which are sword and wealth. Always
remember to increase and not decrease
this wealth. I am not going to prevent
you to use it in necessity, but return
it at the first
opportunity.
Always try to your mother
Atusa (the daughter of Kurosh). It's ten
years I built grain stores in different
regions of the country. These
cylindrical stores are made of stones; I
learned their construction method in
Egypt. As these stores are made
continuously, no insect will appear
there grains stay there for years
without going bad. Keep building these
stores until having needs of 2-3 years
of the country. Store the new crops of
each year, and use the last year crops,
in this way you will have no problem
even with occurrence of 2-3 successive
draught years.
Never appoint your friends
or servants for important governmental
jobs, being a friend of you is enough
for them, if you appoint them and they
tyrannize people you'll be unable to
punish them, because you have to support
your friends. The canal between Nile
River and Red sea which I have already
wanted to build is not finished yet.
This canal is important from the point
of view of trade and strategic, you have
to finish it. The pay toll to pass it
should not be so high so that ship
captains prefer not to pass it.
Now, I have sent an
army to Egypt to discipline this Iranian
province. I did not have a chance to
send another army to Greece, that's what
you have to do.
You have to make an attack
to Greece with a strong army to show
them that Iranian king is able to punish
criminals.
I recommend you, do not
thrust liars and fawners; both are enemy
of the kingdom.
Try to avoid them
mercilessly.
Never let tax inspectors to
have power over public. In order to do
this, I have established a tax low which
reduces the contact between tax
inspectors and public. If you keep this
law, your people will have little
contact with tax inspectors.
Satisfy army officers and
soldiers and try to behave them well.
If not, they are unable to
respond you promptly, but they will do
it in war, even get killed. There, they
will do nothing and will give up without
a fight to enhance your future.
Continue the public
educational plans which I have already
started. Let your people read and write
to increase their knowledge. In this
way, you can govern them with
confidence. Always support God worship
but don’t force any nation to accept
your religion and always remember every
person should feel free to obey any
religion he wishes.
After my death, wash my
body, and then wear me the shroud which
you prepared for me. Put me in a stone
coffin in a grave.
Do not close my grave, leave
it open, so that you can enter it any
time to wish to see my stone coffin and
understand that I, your father, was a
powerful king who powered 25 countries,
finally died. You will die as me,
because this is the fate of all human
being even he is a king of 25 countries
or
... .
Nobody stays in the world
for ever; enter my grave at any
opportunity to see my coffin. In this
way you will not let pride and conceit
to overcome you. But when you feel your
death is soon, close my grave and make a
will for your son to keep your grave
open in order to be able to see your
coffin of your body.
Never act as a Judge and
claimant simultaneously. If you claim
for something, accept as a disinterested
judge and let him to investigate and
vote, this is due to the fact that if a
claimant acts as a Judge, he or she will
oppress.
Never stop construct, if so,
your country will be destroyed soon.
This is a rule when there
is no construction, there will be
desolated soon.
Foundation of subterranean
canal, road's and SimCity are the first
priority.
Do not forget forgiveness
and magnificence after justice. These
are the most three significant
attributes of zings.
You should forgive some
body. Who did some thing against you.
But, if somebody did something wrong
against somebody else, if you have mercy
on him, you will oppress the other one.
I stop talking more; these
statements have been stated in the
presence of some people other than you,
in order to remind you that I have
recommended you all these matters.
Now, leave me alone. I feel
my death is close.
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