Folio 121v: Rustam's Fifth Course, The Capture of Aulad

Mehran DHN

Rustam lies down to sleep in a meadow and releases Rakhsh to graze in a field of grain. A watchman interrupts his nap, complaining about the horse in his master's field. Rustam attacks him, and when the owner's other attendants come to help, he slays them, The master, Aulad, is roped and bound and told to lead Rustam to the White Div, who holds Kay Kavus captive in Mazandaran.