Book D5: The Iskandar Cycle

D5.3 · Dalaray Answers Iskandar’s LetterDalaray Dictates Her AnswerD5.4 · Iskandar Sends His Mother to Fetch RoshanakRoshanak Arrives under Her ParasolD5.5 · Kayd of Hind Has a DreamKayd Dreams of the ElephantD5.5 · Kayd of Hind Has a DreamMehran Interprets Kayd's DreamsD5.6 · Iskandar Marches against Kayd of HindIskandar Dictates His Letter Before MiladD5.7 · Kayd of Hind Answers IskandarKayd Seats the Roman EnvoyD5.9 · Nine Sages Are Sent to Inspect the Four WondersThe Nine Sages Stand SpellboundD5.10 · Nine Sages Return with the Four WondersFaghestan Comes Before IskandarD5.11 · Iskandar Tests the Sage, the Physician, and the CupThe Sage Polishes the Iron MirrorD5.11 · Iskandar Tests the Sage, the Physician, and the CupThe Cup That Never EmptiesD5.13 · Foor Answers Iskandar’s LetterFoor Burns at Iskandar's LetterD5.14 · Iskandar Makes Iron Steeds Filled with NaphthaThe Iron Horsemen Filled with NaphthaD5.15 · Iskandar Fights the Army of FoorThe Burning Engines Rout the ElephantsD5.15 · Iskandar Fights the Army of FoorIskandar Strikes Down FoorD5.16 · Iskandar Goes on a Pilgrimage to the KaabaIskandar Comes on Foot to the Sacred HouseD5.17 · Iskandar Leads His Troops from Judda to MesrThe Queen's Painter Draws IskandarD5.19 · Iskandar Captures King Faryan’s FortressSiege Engines Before Faryan's WallsD5.19 · Iskandar Captures King Faryan’s FortressThe Disguised King Pleads for QaydrushD5.20 · Iskandar Plays Envoy and Is RecognizedIskandar Rides into Kaydafa's HallD5.20 · Iskandar Plays Envoy and Is RecognizedKaydafa Unrolls the PortraitD5.22 · Taynush, Son of Kaydafa, Rages against IskandarTaynush Rages at the False EnvoyD5.23 · Iskandar and Kaydafa Reach an AgreementKaydafa's Crown and Seventy-Part ThroneD5.23 · Iskandar and Kaydafa Reach an AgreementTaynush Ringed in the WoodD5.24 · Iskandar Questions the BrahmansThe Brahmans Come Down to Greet IskandarD5.24 · Iskandar Questions the BrahmansIskandar Weeps Before the BrahmansD5.25 · Iskandar Sees the Great Western SeaThe Yellow Fish Swallows the ShipD5.26 · Iskandar Conquers the Land of HabashThe Kargadan Attacks by NightD5.27.2 · Mountain DragonThe Dragon Swallows the Poisoned HidesD5.27.3 · The Voice of DoomThe Dead King on the Golden ThroneD5.28 · Iskandar and the City of WomenThe Envoy of Harum Rides to IskandarD5.28 · Iskandar and the City of WomenTwo Thousand Crowned Women at the GroveD5.29 · Iskandar Seeks the Fount of LifeThe Fork in the DarknessD5.29 · Iskandar Seeks the Fount of LifeThe Green Birds on the Aloe-Wood ColumnsD5.29 · Iskandar Seeks the Fount of LifeRubies in the Soldiers' LapsD5.30 · Iskandar Builds a Wall against Yajuj and MajujSmiths Fire Iskandar's WallD5.31 · Iskandar Sees Wonders and OmensThe Boar-Headed Corpse in the House of GemsD5.31 · Iskandar Sees Wonders and OmensThe Speaking Tree Cries at NoonD5.32 · Iskandar Marches His Army to ChinIskandar, as Envoy, Before FaghfoorD5.32 · Iskandar Marches His Army to ChinFaghfoor's Envoy Learns Whom He EscortedD5.33 · Iskandar Wars against the SindiansThe Sindians Plead in VainD5.34 · Iskandar Finds the Treasure of Kay KhosrowGoosh-bistar Is Brought Before IskandarD5.35 · Iskandar Goes to Babil and Writes to ArastatilisThe Omen of the Lion-Headed BirthD5.36 · Iskandar’s Letter to His MotherIskandar Dictates His Letter to His MotherD5.37 · The Death of IskandarIskandar's Last Words on the Open PlainD5.38 · Lamentations for IskandarArastatilis Weeps at the CoffinD5.39 · Iskandar’s Mother and Wife MournMother and Roshanak at the Bier

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