
Janusiyar Stabs Dara in the Night
From D4.8, Dara Is Slain by His Chiefs. It illustrates D4.8.35–38:
- D4.8.35His two advisers rode beside him still;They kept his treasure, serving at his will.
- D4.8.36The elder rode at left, Mahiyar right;A wind arose beneath the dark of night.
- D4.8.37Then Janusiyar gripped his khanjar fast,And through the monarch’s breast its point he passed.
- D4.8.38The wounded monarch bowed his famous head;His army scattered when their sovereign bled;
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