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A Soldier Buried with His Arms
Book D13 · Anooshirvan and the Road to the End-time

A Soldier Buried with His Arms

From D13.11, Anooshirvan Marches against Caesar. It illustrates D13.11.60–65:

  • D13.11.60
    No herald’s cry alone could satisfyThe Shah, who watched by night and open sky.
  • D13.11.61
    At every hour he made his rounds, alertTo good and ill alike, to wrong and hurt.
  • D13.11.62
    He gathered tidings from affairs of state,And overlooked no matter, small or great.
  • D13.11.63
    When any soldier died upon the way,He built a burial chamber where he lay.
  • D13.11.64
    The dead man’s goods—his silver and his gold,His bow, his helm, kamand, belt, arms of old—
  • D13.11.65
    Were buried, whether common, fine, or plain;His property beside him would remain.

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