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The Turks Heap Their Arms
Book C3 · The Battle of the Twelve Rukhs

The Turks Heap Their Arms

From C3.48, Turan Seeks Quarter from Kay Khosrow. It illustrates C3.48.43–47:

  • C3.48.43
    The Turks then heard the royal speech and bowed,Removed their helms, and yielded in the crowd.
  • C3.48.44
    They owned the Shah’s great victory, bowed in fear;Those fighting leopards now were gentle deer.
  • C3.48.45
    They piled their bargostvans upon the ground,With Roman helmets gathered in a mound.
  • C3.48.46
    The world’s Shah ordered them to yield their gear,To bring each sword and lance and pointed spear.
  • C3.48.47
    Around the heap they raised their banners high,In yellow, red, and violet to the sky.

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Kay Khosrow
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