 no king has ever been seen who was more amazing in this matter than ardashir bin babak. it is said that he would wake up and know everything that the people in his palace the house of his kingdom had done good or bad and he would go to bed and know everything that they had done. so whenever he wished he would say to the highest and the lowest of them
ولم ير ملك قط كان أعجب في هذا الأمر من أردشير بن بابك. ويقال إنه كان يصبح فيعلم كل شيء بات عليه من كان في قصبه دار مملكته من خير أو شر، ويمسي فيعلم كل شيء أصبحوا عليه. فكان متى شاء قال لأرفعهم وأوضعهم كان