Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky. Burdened with evil or Forty years later (№ 452754)

This plan envisaged not only the cunning removal of the devil Rahkhal from the army of the Yemams at the most crucial moment, but also ensuring the voluntary obedience of the vanquished after the end of hostilities. Rahhal was to be removed with the help of a fake note from his beloved Sajah (or maybe a genuine one, who knows?). Mujja himself took on the role of a patriot-sufferer, tormented by the cruel Khalid: he would walk around shackled, half dead from hunger and thirst, and at the right moment he would “deceive” Khalid, and Khalid would “fall” for this deception, and the glory of Mujja ibn -Murara, a martyr and sufferer for his people, who managed to deceive the fierce commander, will spread widely throughout the defeated Yemama, and all Benu Hanifa will tirelessly bless the name of him, their new master.