batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1928-l1949
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1928-l1949
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: HOW ALEXANDER ACQUIRED HIS POWER / FOURTH GARDEN / LIBERALITY / SELF-SACRIFICE;
lines 1928-1949
start: '1928'
end: '1949'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A mosque in Egypt burns; Muslims suspect Christians and burn their houses
in retaliation. The Sultan captures the perpetrators, distributes lots assigning
punishments, and the culprits receive the penalties indicated. A condemned man
says he fears not death but worries for his dependent mother. Another man assigned
whipping exchanges notes with him, choosing death so the first man may live to
care for his mother.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A great mosque in Egypt caught fire and was burnt.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Musulmans suspected Christians of committing the act and burned Christian
houses in revenge.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The Sultan of Egypt captured the people who had burned the houses and assembled
them in one place.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Notes assigning punishments were distributed among the culprits; the punishments
included death, cutting off hands, and whipping.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Each culprit underwent the punishment that fell to him by the note he picked
up.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: One man assigned death said he did not fear being killed but had a mother
who depended on him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: A nearby man assigned whipping exchanged notes with the condemned man and
said he had no mother, so he should be killed in the other's place.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: 'The exchange was carried out: the man assigned whipping was killed, and the
man originally condemned to death was whipped instead.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sultan of Egypt
description: Ruler who captures the house-burners, assembles them, and orders notes
of punishment distributed.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Culprits who burned the houses
description: Captured persons among whom punishment notes are distributed.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Condemned man with mother
description: A man whose note assigns death; he says he does not fear death but
has a mother who depends on him.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Man assigned whipping
description: A nearby man whose note assigns whipping; he exchanges notes and accepts
death in place of the condemned man.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Mother of condemned man
description: Mother whom the condemned man says no one will care for except himself.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Musulmans
description: People who suspect Christians of burning the mosque and burn Christian
houses in revenge.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Christians
description: People suspected of burning the mosque; their houses are burned in
revenge.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: punishing ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Sultan captures the perpetrators and orders punishment notes distributed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: punished culprits
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The captured persons receive notes and undergo assigned punishments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: dependent caregiver under sentence of death
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He receives a death sentence but says his mother depends on him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: voluntary substitute victim
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He exchanges a lesser punishment for death in place of the man with a mother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: dependent mother
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: She is described as having no caregiver except her son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: retaliators
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They burn houses in revenge after suspecting Christians.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: suspected group and retaliatory victims
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They are suspected of burning the mosque, and their houses are burned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire
literal_form: Fire burning a mosque and later houses
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: punishment notes
literal_form: Notes distributed among culprits, some bearing sentences of death,
hand-cutting, or whipping
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: exchange of lots
literal_form: The two men exchange their punishment notes
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Burning of mosque and retaliatory houses
summary: A mosque in Egypt burns; Muslims suspect Christians and retaliate by burning
their houses.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Distribution of punishments by lot-like notes
summary: The Sultan captures the house-burners, gathers them, and has notes assigning
different punishments distributed among them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Voluntary substitution for death
summary: A man condemned to death speaks of his dependent mother; another man assigned
whipping exchanges notes with him and is killed in his place.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: self-sacrifice by substitution
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: A man voluntarily takes another man's death sentence so the latter may live
to care for his mother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the episode under the heading 'SELF-SACRIFICE'; interpretation
is limited to the substitution described.
- id: motif:2
label: punishment assigned by drawn notes
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Punishment notes are distributed, and each culprit undergoes the penalty
indicated by the note picked up.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly call this a lot or divine judgment; it
only describes distributed notes.
- id: motif:3
label: filial obligation as reason for spared life
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The condemned man says his concern is that his mother has no caregiver except
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives this as the reason for the exchange, but does not elaborate
a broader doctrine of filial duty.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1928-1930
quote_or_summary: One night a great mosque in Egypt caught fire and was burnt.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1930-1933
quote_or_summary: Musulmans suspected Christians of the act and burned their houses
in revenge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1933-1935
quote_or_summary: The Sultan of Egypt captured the persons who burned the houses
and assembled them in one spot.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1935-1939
quote_or_summary: The Sultan ordered notes distributed among them, with some assigning
death, some cutting off hands, and some whipping.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1939-1941
quote_or_summary: The culprits picked up the notes and each underwent the punishment
that fell to his lot.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 1941-1944
quote_or_summary: '"I do not fear to be killed, but I have a mother, of whom no
one will take care except myself."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 1945-1949
quote_or_summary: A man assigned whipping exchanged notes with the condemned man,
saying he had no mother and should be killed instead while the other was whipped;
this was done.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The narrative actions and roles are explicit. Motif assignment to sacrifice
is supported by the heading and voluntary death-substitution; other motif labels
are descriptive and not taxonomy-backed.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Used only supplied passage and metadata; no external comparisons added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1928-l1949
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