Tariel hears Tidings of the Loss of Nestan-Daredjan
Tariel learns through a distraught Asmath that after he killed Nestan-Darejan's would-be Khorazmian bridegroom in rage, the king had her spirited away as punishment; Tariel searches desperately by land and sea for years but cannot find her.
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~12 min · 24 stanzas
Zichy, 1888
Mihály Zichy, 1888 illustrated edition — Public Domain (Wikimedia Commons)