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The Shahnameh in Maps·Book B8 · The Tragedy of Rostam & Sohrab

Gazhdaham’s Letter to Kavus

B8.10
Map: Gazhdaham’s Letter to Kavus
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The old commander Gazhdaham has a scribe write to Kavus. A Turanian champion of fourteen, as mighty as Rostam or Sahm, has captured Hajir, and the fortress cannot hold. That night he sends the letter by a trusted rider and prepares to abandon the fortress.

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