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Bahram Chubin Marches from Chin

Bahram Chubin Marches from Chin

From E6.35, Khosrow Writes to the Khan of Bahram. It illustrates E6.35.63–71:

  • E6.35.63
    The Khan heard this; his heart revived again;He laughed, and pride returned before the men.
  • E6.35.64
    The warriors chose two youths of tested might,Fit to command and hardened well in fight.
  • E6.35.65
    In Chin lived noble Chinvi, known for worth,And Zangwi too, a chief of honored birth.
  • E6.35.66
    The Khan called both to sit and take their pay;The divan gave them dinars on that day.
  • E6.35.67
    He bade them both be watchful in the fray,Then gave the charge that both were to obey:
  • E6.35.68
    “Watch Bahram, whether joy or wrath be near;Keep all the crossings of the Jihun clear.”
  • E6.35.69
    He gave them lion-warriors, band on band;All famed in war, with strength at their command.
  • E6.35.70
    Bahram’s loud tabiras rang; dust rose high;The sun seemed ebony against the sky.
  • E6.35.71
    On Sapandarmad day he led his trainAnd marched from Chin toward Iran’s domain.

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