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Dawn Reveals an Empty Camp
Book C4 · The Final Afrasiab Wars and the Disappearance of Kay Khosrow

Dawn Reveals an Empty Camp

From C4.11, Afrasiab Is Put to Flight. It illustrates C4.11.8–10:

  • C4.11.8
    When dawn spread out its early morning light,The outposts saw no enemy in sight.
  • C4.11.9
    The scouts brought joyful tidings from the plain:“The Shah is spared this battle’s further strain.
  • C4.11.10
    We see the tents and all their ordered ground,But not one hostile rider can be found.”
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