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Forood Shows the Royal Mole
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Forood Shows the Royal Mole

From B12.5, Bahram Meets Forood on the Mountain. It illustrates B12.5.37–42:

  • B12.5.37
    Then Bahram said: “Now show the mark you bear,The sign that proves you are Siavash’s heir.”
  • B12.5.38
    Forood displayed his arm before his eyes;Its noble beauty filled him with surprise.
  • B12.5.39
    An amber mole on rose-hued skin he bore,Whose like in Chin no compass drew before.
  • B12.5.40
    Then Bahram knew him by that royal sign:“From Kay Qobad through Siavash springs this line.”
  • B12.5.41
    He blessed the prince and bowed with courtly grace,Then climbed the steep to reach the lofty place.
  • B12.5.42
    Forood dismounted, sat upon a stone,And welcomed Bahram warmly as his own:

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