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Marzaban, a hero of Rukham, comes to Baro', and fights Amir Hamza, but is routed. On this Harmuz retires to the city of Kazao Qadar, whither Amir Hamza follows him, and they make common cause against people, who are cannibals. Sarsal, their king, is captured by Amir Hamza, and converted to Islam. Harmuz goes on to Madain.
(75.) Amir Hamza goes to the city, where the talisman of Samshed is guarded by a white demon, which he destroys.
(76.) Rustam Piltan is killed in a fight with Zahar Shergardan, the king of Bakhtar.
(77.) Amir Hamza hears of his death. Sa'ad is captured by en- chantment by Marzaban, but is rescued by Badi'u'z-Zaman.
(78.) Badi'u'z-Zaman has a fight with a cannibal king- named Gaulungi Gdusawar at Rukham.
(79.) Death of king Zahar Shergardan.
(80.) Amir Hamza captures Gaulungi Gausawar at Rukham, and converts him to Islam.
(81.) Amir Hamza and Gaulungi Gausawar go to Bakhtar, and kill Kakh, the cannibal king of the place. They also destroy King Arghash.
(82.) Amir Hamza conquers and slays the king of Nistan.
(83.) Fight of Amir Hamza with Ardvil Pildandan and Marzaban Pildandan, whom he kills, but loses all but seventy of his own side. These seventy are destroyed by enchantment at the city of the talis- man ; but by the guidance of Ibrahim, Amir Hamza restores them all and destroys the talisman. It is in the head of a bird.
(84.) He kills the grandmother, and captures the daughter of Zardusht.
(85.) He destroys enchantment, and returns to Rukham.
(86.) Goes with Gaulungi Gausawar to Makka, where he visits Muhammad the Prophet.
(87.) He helps the prophet against his infidel enemies.
(88.) Is killed by an old woman.*
- Whether compiled for Akhar or not the D cist cin-i- Amir Hamza is clearly a
r6mm6 of current folk-tales of its age, planned on the model of the Shdlmdma.
