Navoi and Foolish People
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Kang Hussain Baykaro, always followed the advise of Alisher Navoi. But the other advisors, who hated Navoi, were very jealous of him. Finally, they convinced the king that Navoi was saying bad things about him. He called the poet to his palace and asked him to prove his innocence. Navoi would answer the charges, because he believed that the king was already convinced of his duplicity. When he was silent, the king became enraged and ordered that he be put in prison.