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The Scattered Chiefs Kneel at the Gardener's Door
Book D8 · The Shapur Zul-Aktaf Cycle and Later Early Sasanian Reigns

The Scattered Chiefs Kneel at the Gardener's Door

From D8.1.6, Mobad and Chiefs Assemble to Welcome Shapur. It illustrates D8.1.6.10–16:

  • D8.1.6.10
    When night raised up its sable flag on high,The stars and rounded moon shone in the sky.
  • D8.1.6.11
    The troops assembled from each distant side,Where their sepahbod had been forced to hide.
  • D8.1.6.12
    From every side the warriors hurried through,And hastened to the house by one and two.
  • D8.1.6.13
    They reached the gardener’s door with hearts aglow,And hailed their host with joy they longed to show.
  • D8.1.6.14
    The Shah received the warriors in his lair,Although his court was lowly, poor, and bare.
  • D8.1.6.15
    As they came in, they bowed with humble grace,And kissed the ground, each lowering his face.
  • D8.1.6.16
    The Shah embraced the chiefs and then beganTo tell his woes before each loyal man.

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