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Sahm Beholds the Silken Rostam
Book A9 · The Birth and Early Feats of Rostam; Manuchehr’s Closing Counsel

Sahm Beholds the Silken Rostam

From A9.1, A Hero Is Born. It illustrates A9.1.72–74:

  • A9.1.72
    The envoy laid the figure in his sight;And Sahm looked on it, joyful with delight.
  • A9.1.73
    The hero’s hair stood upright at the view:“This silken likeness shows my image true.
  • A9.1.74
    If half this figure’s stature comes to birth,His head will brush the clouds, his hem the earth.”

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