
Arjasp Flees at Evening
From C6.18, Arjasp Flees from the Battle. It illustrates C6.18.14–18:
- C6.18.14Arjasp beheld them, then advanced his train,His chiefs and warriors charging through the slain.
- C6.18.15Esfandiyar, who brought great heroes low,Couched his long lance against the Turkish foe.
- C6.18.16He pinned them breast to back with thrust on thrust,And hurled their haughty chieftains to the dust.
- C6.18.17The Khan saw none who dared withstand his spear,And watched his broken troops give way in fear.
- C6.18.18He held his post until the evening shade,Then fled into the wilderness, dismayed.
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