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Janusiyar Stabs Dara in the Night

Janusiyar Stabs Dara in the Night

From D4.8, Dara Is Slain by His Chiefs. It illustrates D4.8.35–38:

  • D4.8.35
    His two advisers rode beside him still;They kept his treasure, serving at his will.
  • D4.8.36
    The elder rode at left, Mahiyar right;A wind arose beneath the dark of night.
  • D4.8.37
    Then Janusiyar gripped his khanjar fast,And through the monarch’s breast its point he passed.
  • D4.8.38
    The wounded monarch bowed his famous head;His army scattered when their sovereign bled;

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