REIGN OF BEHRÂM BIN HORMUZ.

He was an extremely meek and kind sovereign. When he ascended the throne, he convoked his subjects, and harangued them as follows: ‘We keep treasures for our subjects to aid them in time of need, and we maintain standing armies to protect them all from the assaults of enemies.’ The people replied: ‘We trust that your majesty will govern us well.’ And he continued: ‘I pray to God, on whom I entirely rely, to vouchsafe me the favour to spread out the carpet of liberality, wherewith to cover your poverty.’ He was so good-natured that he loved all his subjects. Some chroniclers assert that Mâni the painter went during the reign of Shâpûr to Hindustân, but returned again to Erân during the reign of Behrâm Bin Hormuz, who killed him.