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Bahram Gives the Throne to Yazdegard
Book D10 · The Bahram Goor Cycle: Justice, Foreign Adventures, and End of a Reign

Bahram Gives the Throne to Yazdegard

From D10.40, Bahram Goor’s Time Comes to an End. It illustrates D10.40.8–11:

  • D10.40.8
    That night he slept; at early morning’s hour,Great throngs of troops came toward the royal tower.
  • D10.40.9
    The chosen lords assembled at his call,And Yazdegard approached within the hall.
  • D10.40.10
    Before the lords, he gave his son the throneOf ivory, crown, torque, bracelets; all his own.
  • D10.40.11
    He cast aside the crown and all its show,And turned his soul to God, content to go.

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Bahram GoorYazdegard (son of Bahram Goor)
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