Motif
betrayal of refuge by a kinsman
betrayal_of_refuge_by_a_kinsman
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL / LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION; lines 289-349 confidence: high
Zein-el-Abeddin’s short reign is troubled by Mansur; Timur overruns Southern Persia and takes Shiraz; Zein-el-Abeddin seeks refuge with Mansur, who imprisons and blinds him.
Zein-el-Abeddin seeks refuge with Mansur, who repays his confidence by imprisoning and blinding him.
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