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Sparks Fly Between Hajir and Sipahram
Book C3 · The Battle of the Twelve Rukhs

Sparks Fly Between Hajir and Sipahram

From C3.35, Hajir Battles Sipahram. It illustrates C3.35.4–7:

  • C3.35.4
    They charged; dark clouds of dust around them rose,As on the field the horsemen came to blows.
  • C3.35.5
    They crossed their swords and struck with all their power;From iron streamed the sparks, a blazing shower.
  • C3.35.6
    Brave Hajir, like a lion, pressed the fight,And faced Sipahram boldly in his might.
  • C3.35.7
    He called upon the Maker’s holy name,And through the monarch’s fortune struck like flame.

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Hajir
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