Question

The following excerpt is from the Nizamu'l Mulk: On the Courtiers and Familiars of Kings (courtiers are noble people who advise or befriend royalty). Use the excerpt to answer the following question:

"No king can be without worthy courtiers with whom he may be at his ease and behave without restraint. For the constant society of dignitaries, of princes, and of generals, by emboldening them, detracts from the dignity and majesty of the sovereign. Speaking generally, the king should not make a familiar of anyone whom he has appointed to office, for the reason that the freedom which he enj