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The Shah Has Vanished at Dawn
Book C4 · The Final Afrasiab Wars and the Disappearance of Kay Khosrow

The Shah Has Vanished at Dawn

From C4.63, The Pahlevans Are Lost in the Snow. It illustrates C4.63.2–7:

  • C4.63.2
    When sunlight rose above the mountain height,The Shah had vanished from the world of sight.
  • C4.63.3
    They ranged across the mountain, every faceTurned toward the plains, but found no royal trace.
  • C4.63.4
    They saw no sign of Kay Khosrow that day,And turned with stricken hearts back from the way.
  • C4.63.5
    They searched the crags like men bereft of mind, Yet not a sign of Khosrow could they find.
  • C4.63.6
    Lamenting, stricken, sorrow in each breast,They reached the spring and halted in their quest.
  • C4.63.7
    Each bade farewell, his heart consumed by woe,To that world-ruling Shah, great Kay Khosrow.

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BijanFariborzGivGostaham (son of Nohzar)Tus
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