"In his private dealings he was just. He treated friends and strangers, the rich and poor, the powerful and weak, with equity, and was beloved by the common people for the affability with which he received them, and listened to their complaints.[...]"
— Washington Irving

January 1, 1970

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German: "In seinen privaten Handlungen war er gerecht. Er behandelte Freunde und Fremde, reich und arm, die Starken und die Schwachen mit Gleichheit und wurde von dem einfachen Volk für die Freundlichkeit, mit der er sie empfing und ihre Beschwerden anhörte, geliebt."

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Mahomet and his successors, George P. Putnam, 1850, p. 330

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Mahomet and his successors, George P. Putnam, 1850, p. 330