# In the days of Xerxes

"In the time of Xerxes" or "When Xerxes was ruling as king"

# this is Xerxes who reigned from India as far as Cush, over 127 provinces

This is background information to help the reader identify Xerxes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# provinces

A province is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government.