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Hormizd Questioned into the Lamplit Night
Book E4 · Anooshirvan’s Last Years

Hormizd Questioned into the Lamplit Night

From E4.5, Hormizd Answers the Mobadan. It illustrates E4.5.36–39:

  • E4.5.36
    All day until the night rose on the hills,The sage’s questions flowed in ordered rills.
  • E4.5.37
    When darkness brought the hour of lamps and light,The chiefs sat rapt in wonder at the sight.
  • E4.5.38
    And when the Shah grew weary of the strain,The sage grew still; the prince made answer plain.
  • E4.5.39
    Great Hormizd rose and praised the Shah, and said,“May royal Fortune ever crown your head.

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AnooshirvanBozorgmehrHormizd (son of Anooshirvan)
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