Unit-1 - Contributions Of Notable Leaders - Reading Comprehension - The Wise Caliph - Words/Meaning and Summary

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Unit-1 - Contributions Of Notable Leaders
Reading Comprehension
The Wise Caliph
English For Class X (2022 and Onward

Words/Meaning and Summary

Words / Meaning

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Afford	Able to buy, Have the financial means
2.	Astonish	Amaze
3.	Approach	To come near
4.	Be off	Go away
5.	Beg	Request
6.	Beggar	One who begs
7.	Caliph	A Muslim ruler
8.	Caught red-handed	In the act of committing a crime.
9.	Certain	Sure
10.	Claim	Demand, An assertion of a right
11.	Close	Near
12.	Cling	Stick
13.	Cruelty	Brutality, Ruthlessness, Heartlessness
14.	Decision	Resolution
15.	Deserve	Worthy of something
16.	Disguise	Change the appearance, hide
17.	Dismount	Get down, Get off
18.	Dispute	Quarrel
19.	Faithful	Loyal
20.	First-hand	Direct
21.	Forgive	Pardon
22.	Forgiveness	Willingness to forgive
23.	Generous	Willing to give
24.	Gently	In a gentle manner
25.	Get off	To come down
26.	Grateful	Feeling or showing gratitude
27.	Guardian	A person who cares
28.	Handful	In a small quantity or number
29.	Hinted	Suggest or indicate something indirectly
30.	Honourable	Deserving honour oe respect
31.	Hoofs	Feel of an ungulate mammal
32.	Hurry	Speed up
33.	Injustice	Unfairness, Being unjust or unfair
34.	Instead	In place of
35.	Just	Right, correct
36.	Justice	Fairness
37.	Lame	A person who limps, Unable to walk
38.	Liar	A person who tells a lie
39.	Limp	Walk lamely, Hobble, Walk with difficultly
40.	Lend	Loan, grant to (someone) the use of (something)
41.	Master	Owner
42.	Mention	Inform
43.	Merciful	Kind, Showing mercy
44.	Mighty	Have great strength
45.	Mingle	Mix
46.	Motion	Move, to signal
47.	Noble	Gentle
48.	Noticed	Observed
49.	Neigh	Horse's noise, A characteristic high whinnying sound made by a horse, Horse's sound
50.	Obvious	Clear
51.	Pity	The feeling of sorrow, Regret, Sadness, Sympathy
52.	Popular	Liked or admired by many people
53.	Pronounce	Declare-announce
54.	Puzzled	Confused, Unable to understand
55.	Rags	Old and torn clothes
56.	Readily	Easily, Without hesitation
57.	Refuse	Deny
58.	Reins	Guiding straps of a horse, Rope for controlling an animal Or Long, narrow straps attached at one end to a horse's bit
59.	Resolve	Find a solution to
60.	Respect	Regard
61.	Respectable	Worthy of reapect
62.	Restore	Reclaim
63.	Rob	Steal, Take something away by force
64.	Settle	Solve, End a dispute
65.	Severe	Serious, stern
66.	Snort	Make a nasal sound, Throw out the air violently from nose
67.	Swear	Take oath, Assert, Declare under oath
68.	Shiver	Tremble
69.	Stiffen	Harden
70.	Utterly	Completely
71.	Welfare	Well-being
72.	Well-to-do	Rich
73.	Wicked	Evil-mannered or Morally wrong
74.	Wince	Shrink back, Withdraw oneself, Make a face indicating disgust or dislike
75.	Wisdom	Intelligence, Being wise
76.	Wise	Clever

Short note Or Summary on The Wise Caliph

Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed was a wise Muslim king of Baghdad. He was famous for his justice and wisdom. One day Qazi of the city brought a disputed case before him, which he could not settle.Two men claimed ownership of a same horse. One man was rich and the other man was beggar.
Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed heard both the rich and the beggar.
The Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed asked both of them to touch the horse, one by one. At first the beggar touched the horse. On his touch the horse winced, as it did not like his touching. the horse expressed its pleasure by neighing when the rich man touches it. The caliph gave his decision that horse belonged to rich man. He forgave the beggar. The rich man also forgave the beggar and gave him a handful gold coins.

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Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed was known and respected for his justice and wisdom. He would disguise himself as a common man, and go through the streets of Baghdad. He would mingle with the common people in order to gain first-hand knowledge of their difficulties and problems.
One day when he was holding the court, the Qazi brought before him dispute which he could not settle.
The dispute was between two men over a beautiful horse. Each of them claimed that the horse belonged to him. One was a well-dressed man, he was a rich man while the other was a beggar.
The rich man had let him a ride his horse but the beggar was a dishonest man so when they reached the city gate he refused to get down the horse and claimed that the horse belonged to him.
The Caliph ordered the beggar to touch the horse. When he touched, it winced as if it did not like the touch of his hand. But at the touch of the rich man's hand, the horse snorted and neighed with pleasure. The Caliph discovered that who was the real master of the horse. He pronounced "Give the horse to its master". Then he turned to the beggar and said, "You are a liar and a wicked man. You tried to rob an honest and respectable citizen. You deserve punishment, but I shall be merciful and forgive you this time, if you beg forgiveness of this gentle man here".
The rich man readily forgave the beggar and feeling sorry for him, gave him a handful of gold coins. This noble action of the rich man pleased everybody in the court.