Persian · noun · People & Roles

Mahmud-Ayaz

महमूद-अयाज़

said mah-mood-o-a-yaaz

also written: mahmud-o-ayaz

Meaning

The pairing of Sultan Mahmud and his slave Ayaz, invoked to show that before love and before God king and servant stand in one rank.

Related words

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni (d. 1030), the conqueror whose devotion to his slave Ayaz is a stock image of love that levels king and servant.

Ayaz, the beloved slave of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, emblem of the devoted beloved.