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Mehran Setad Dies Before the Throne
Book E5 · Hormizd, Son of Anooshirvan

Mehran Setad Dies Before the Throne

From E5.5, Hormizd Calls for Bahram Chubin. It illustrates E5.5.51–56:

  • E5.5.51
    Now I have told my tale before your face;O king of men, seek out that man of grace.
  • E5.5.52
    Dispatch your riders; comb each town and vale,For by his hand your cause shall yet prevail.
  • E5.5.53
    But tell this thing to neither friend nor foe;Let none beyond your hidden counsel know.”
  • E5.5.54
    Even as he spoke, his living spirit fled;The old man bowed, and with that word lay dead.
  • E5.5.55
    All folk bewailed him bitterly that day;The king of kings was stunned with grief’s dismay.
  • E5.5.56
    The nobles wept; the Shah then spoke aloudBefore the Iranians gathered in a crowd:

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Hormizd (son of Anooshirvan)Mehran Setad
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