In Jami's Haft Awrang (specifically in Silsilat al-Dhahab), the tale of Nizam al-Mulk and the Astrologer of Mosul serves as an allegory on mortality and the inevitability of fate. When the grand vizier Nizam al-Mulk asks his brilliant astrologer to foresee the time of his death, the astrologer reveals that the vizier will pass away exactly six months after his own death. This story explores how earthly power remains subservient to cosmic destiny and divine timing, highlighting the classic literary motif where human life and its end are fundamentally interconnected and predetermined by celestial decrees.