ThehaughtySolyman,sultanoftheOttomanEmpire,inhisattackonHungry,tookthecityofBelgradein1521,whichwasconsideredasthebulwarkofChristendom.
Afterthisconquest,awomanoflowrankapproachedSolyman,andcomplainedbitterlythatsomeofhissoldiershadcarriedoffhercattle,inwhichconsistedhersolewealth.
"Youmustthenhavebeeninadeepsleep,"saidSolyman,smiling,"ifyoudidnotheartherobbers."
"Yes,mysoverign,"repliedthewoman,"Ididsleepsoundly,butitwasinthefullestconfidencethatyourhighnesswatchedforthepublicsafety."
Thesultan,farfromresentingthisfreedom,madethepoorwomanampleamendsforthelossshehadsustained.
高傲的鄂圖曼帝國君主蘇萊曼出兵犯匈牙利,一五二一年攻佔貝爾格勒市:該市當時算是基督教國家的重鎮。
貝爾格勒遭佔領之後,一個身分低微的婦人走到蘇萊曼跟前,憤憤不平,說他麾下士兵搶了她的牛,而那些牛就是她的全部財產。
蘇萊曼微笑着說:「假如你連人家來搶牛都沒有聽見,那一定是睡得很熟。」
那婦人回答:「不錯,陛下,我當時的確熟睡不醒,但那是因為我深信陛下會留意公眾治安。」
蘇萊曼沒有恨這貧窮婦人放肆,反而慷慨補償了她所受的損失。