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Shirin Writes Her Will
Book E8 · Shiruyeh’s Coup and the End of the Great Reign

Shirin Writes Her Will

From E8.6, The Deaths of Shirin and Shiruyeh. It illustrates E8.6.10–13:

  • E8.6.10
    That mourning lady called a scribe to hand,To set in Pahlavi what she had planned.
  • E8.6.11
    She gave instructions, set her wealth in view,And told the learned scribe its value too.
  • E8.6.12
    She kept some poison in a chest close by;No need to search the town for a supply.
  • E8.6.13
    She sewed a burial shroud for her own form,That garden-cypress soon to leave the storm.

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