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Rostam Casts Down the Sable Standard
Book C4 · The Final Afrasiab Wars and the Disappearance of Kay Khosrow

Rostam Casts Down the Sable Standard

From C4.21, Gang-Behesht Falls to Kay Khosrow. It illustrates C4.21.60–66:

  • C4.21.60
    Then warlike Rostam, lion in the fight,Led all his forces through the shattered height.
  • C4.21.61
    On foot, like dust, he charged amid the fray,And cast the sable standard down that day.
  • C4.21.62
    Upon the rampart rose the lion’s sign,The violet flag of Iran’s battle-line.
  • C4.21.63
    Iran’s great warriors hailed the Shah’s success,Their cries shook Gang in triumph and distress.
  • C4.21.64
    A multitude of Turkish troops were slain;The foe’s good fortune broke upon the plain.
  • C4.21.65
    Amid the crisis, Rostam seized and boundTwo warriors, the mightiest to be found:
  • C4.21.66
    Jahan and Garsivaz, both widely knownAs mighty pillars of the Turkish throne.

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GarsivazJahanRostam
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