Motif
last stand of the outnumbered warrior
last_stand_of_the_outnumbered_warrior
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Lone Hero Against Many. 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
Timur gives Shiraz to Shah Yahya; Mansur later takes it. In 1393 Timur advances with 30,000 men; Mansur, with 3000 or 4000, charges twice into the Tartar force, is unsupported, and falls beneath Shah Rukh Mirza’s sword.
Mansur, with a much smaller force, twice charges into Timur’s army and dies fighting after his support fails.
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