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Esfandiyar Hurls Kuhram to the Earth
Book C7 · Esfandiyar’s Seven Stages and the Ruyin Dezh

Esfandiyar Hurls Kuhram to the Earth

From C7.13, Esfandiyar Slays Kuhram. It illustrates C7.13.42–46:

  • C7.13.42
    Esfandiyar pressed through the fierce attack;Kuhram stood firm and would not be forced back.
  • C7.13.43
    Those warriors grappled with such force and strain,They seemed one body locked in rage and pain.
  • C7.13.44
    The peerless chief seized Kuhram by the waist,And by his belt he raised him, firmly braced.
  • C7.13.45
    He dashed him to the earth with dreadful sound,While Iran’s warriors praised him all around.
  • C7.13.46
    They bound his hands and bore him off in shame;His troops dispersed; no help from them now came.

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