In the eighth section of Jami's Subhat al-Abrar (from the Haft Awrang), the story of a mighty king's exceptionally beautiful daughter falling in love with a lowly Abyssinian slave serves as a profound Sufi allegory. Despite her royal status and celestial beauty, her heart is instantly captured by the slave, illustrating that spiritual love ('ishq) is sovereign and entirely indifferent to worldly status, social hierarchy, or outer physical conventions. Jami uses this narrative to demonstrate that love is a divine force that overrides rational intellect ('aql), drawing the soul toward its beloved regardless of conventional disparities.