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A Wind Breaks the Turkish Ranks

A Wind Breaks the Turkish Ranks

From C4.15, Khosrow’s Second Battle with Afrasiab. It illustrates C4.15.31–34:

  • C4.15.31
    He spoke and laid his face upon the ground;His bitter lamentations echoed round.
  • C4.15.32
    At once a furious wind from heaven rose;It broke the living branches with its blows.
  • C4.15.33
    The wind drove battle-dust in whirling sprayAt Turan’s king and all his armed array.
  • C4.15.34
    The men of Turan broke before the blast;Some lay wounded or dead, some stood bound fast.

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