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Arjasp Flees at Evening

Arjasp Flees at Evening

From C6.18, Arjasp Flees from the Battle. It illustrates C6.18.14–18:

  • C6.18.14
    Arjasp beheld them, then advanced his train,His chiefs and warriors charging through the slain.
  • C6.18.15
    Esfandiyar, who brought great heroes low,Couched his long lance against the Turkish foe.
  • C6.18.16
    He pinned them breast to back with thrust on thrust,And hurled their haughty chieftains to the dust.
  • C6.18.17
    The Khan saw none who dared withstand his spear,And watched his broken troops give way in fear.
  • C6.18.18
    He held his post until the evening shade,Then fled into the wilderness, dismayed.

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