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Kut's Body Returned on His Charger

Kut's Body Returned on His Charger

From E6.24, Khosrow Battles Bahram Chubin. It illustrates E6.24.51–57:

  • E6.24.51
    And Izad Gashasp, bind this Roman dead,And send him back upon his horse,” he said.
  • E6.24.52
    “Send him to camp, his cleft flesh plain to view,That his own Shah may see him split in two.”
  • E6.24.53
    They bound the corpse securely to the seat;The charger bore it back with iron feet.
  • E6.24.54
    Then Khosrow grieved for Kut among the dead;His joy had vanished, sorrow bowed his head.
  • E6.24.55
    They loosed the tight kamand that bound the slain,And laid the body out upon the plain.
  • E6.24.56
    They filled the wound with musk; the body dried,They sewed it in a shroud on every side.
  • E6.24.57
    His jowshan on, his waist was girdled fast;They sent him back to Caesar at the last.

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