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Rostam Burns Afrasiab's Towns
Book B14 · The Great Battle with the Khan of Chin

Rostam Burns Afrasiab's Towns

From B14.26, Afrasiab Flees before Rostam. It illustrates B14.26.30–33:

  • B14.26.30
    He gave the troops the rest; then sought to traceAfrasiab through roads and each pathless place.
  • B14.26.31
    No trace of Afrasiab could be foundOn mountain, plain, in water, on dry ground.
  • B14.26.32
    Iran laid waste each palace he had known,And all his banquet-halls were overthrown.
  • B14.26.33
    Then Rostam burned his thriving towns; the lightOf that great blaze lit all the world in sight.

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