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After this Alexander left Dareius's mother, his daughters, and his son in Susa, providing them with persons to teach them the Greek language, and marching on with his army on the fourth day reached the Tigris River.

Diodorus Siculus

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— Histories 17.67.1

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Every object and being in the universe is a jar overflowing with wisdom and beauty, a drop of the Tigris that cannot be contained by any skin. Every jarful spills and makes the earth more shining, as though covered in satin.

jalal al-din muhammad rumi

— "The Gift of Water" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 200

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