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Monzer's Painters Set Bahram's Feats on Silk

Monzer's Painters Set Bahram's Feats on Silk

From D9.4, Bahram Shows His Strength to Monzer. It illustrates D9.4.15–20:

  • D9.4.15
    Through Yemen, seeking painters, he sent men,And called the best to gather round him then.
  • D9.4.16
    He bade them paint on silk Bahram Goor’s skill,And how that single shot had struck to kill.
  • D9.4.17
    They showed his mighty frame and camel tall,And that great shot which held their gaze in thrall.
  • D9.4.18
    His chest and skillful hand, the bow for stone,Deer, lion, Gur-e-Khar; all these were shown.
  • D9.4.19
    The ostriches, the plain, the arrows’ flightIn pitch-black paint on silk were brought to light.
  • D9.4.20
    Monzer dispatched a rider to the king,To Yazdegard, that painted silk to bring.

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