According to Volume One of
The New Cambridge
History of Islam
“Sogdian merchants
Employed Bactrian camels”
This, of course, only applies
To the current world.
In time, Bactrian camels
May employ Sogdian merchants
Though probably not
To carry heavy loads
Across the desert.
Perhaps they will serve
As advisers or jesters
In the courts of their
Bactrian overlords.
Alas, who really knows
What advice a camel needs
Or what makes him laugh?
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