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Afrasiab Sends Garsivaz with Gifts
Book B9 · The Story of Siavash

Afrasiab Sends Garsivaz with Gifts

From B9.21, Afrasiab Consults the Nobles. It illustrates B9.21.23–28:

  • B9.21.23
    Then Afrasiab to Garsivaz drew near:“Make ready now, and set your course from here.
  • B9.21.24
    Ride swiftly, tarry not by night or day,And take two hundred horsemen on your way.
  • B9.21.25
    Take precious gifts from all our treasure-store,And bear them swiftly to Siavash’s door.
  • B9.21.26
    Bring Arab steeds with golden trappings rare,And Indian blades in golden sheaths to bear.
  • B9.21.27
    A jeweled crown a mighty king might wear,A hundred camel-loads of carpets fair.
  • B9.21.28
    Two hundred slaves, both women and men,Shall travel with the gifts you carry then.

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