Motif
Captive heirs liberated by public appeal
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A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL / LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION; lines 128-213 confidence: high
Hulagu’s descendants rule Persia and Mesopotamia; Mahmud Shah Inju governs Fars in Abu Said’s name; after Mahmud Shah’s death, Sheikh Hussein is appointed and orders the three sons seized and imprisoned.
Mahmud Shah’s sons are seized and imprisoned, but their mother’s appeal causes the inhabitants to rise and release them.
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