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

The Fatal Convergence: Sohrab's March to the White Castle

B8.7–B8.18
Map: The Fatal Convergence: Sohrab's March to the White Castle
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Sohrab marching out of Turan with Afrasiab's contingent to the White Castle (Dez-e Sepid) on the Iranian frontier, and Kavus and Rostam marching up from Iran to meet him — two arrows closing on the same field from opposite directions, father and son unknowing.

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