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Shirin in Khosrow's Tomb
Book E8 · Shiruyeh’s Coup and the End of the Great Reign

Shirin in Khosrow's Tomb

From E8.6, The Deaths of Shirin and Shiruyeh. It illustrates E8.6.96–100:

  • E8.6.96
    He gave consent; the keeper of the tombDrew back the seal, and bared the royal room.
  • E8.6.97
    That pious lady entered weeping low,And laid her face on Khosrow’s face in woe.
  • E8.6.98
    She spoke of former days and drank the bane,Its poison broke her hold on life’s domain.
  • E8.6.99
    Beside the Shah she sat with veiled face,Clad in one robe of camphor-scented grace.
  • E8.6.100
    She leaned against the wall; her life was done,Her voice forever silenced, her course run.

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Khosrow ParvizShirin
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