14 Preface قالوا لَئِن أَكَلَهُ الذِّئبُ وَنَحنُ عُصبَةٌ إِنّا إِذًا لَخاسِرونَAli Quli QaraiThey said, ‘Should the wolf eat him while we are a hardy group, then we will indeed be losers!’