Bahram Chubin Musters the Twelve Thousand

From E5.6, Bahram Chubin Takes Command. It illustrates E5.6.41–52 (to E5.6.53):

E5.6.41
The chief went to the royal muster-ground,And ordered all the troops to gather round.
E5.6.42
He chose among them those of highest name,The crown of chiefs, the hardened men of fame.
E5.6.43
He wrote twelve thousand on the fighting roll,Mail-clad, with bargostvan, of tested soul.
E5.6.44
All those enrolled were forty years of age;He struck off youth and elder from the page.
E5.6.45
Bahram Chubin held supreme command,Renowned in war, exacting, firm of hand.
E5.6.46
He named Yalan-sina, fierce in will,To lead the foremost ranks with war’s hard skill.
E5.6.47
On battle-days he was to ride ahead,Wheel round his steed, and rouse the troops he led.
E5.6.48
He was to cry his lineage through the field,And rouse the warriors till their doubts would yield.
E5.6.49
He charged Izad Gashasp, who drew no rein,To guard the camp-stores and the baggage train;
E5.6.50
Then Mardanshah, his brother, held the left,Bereft of fear, and in the saddle deft;
E5.6.51
While rightward, warlike kinsmen formed their row,Prepared to turn their lances on the foe.
E5.6.52
Kanda Gashasp, who riding would not failTo seize the lion by its furious tail,