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Arabian Poetry: The Romance of Antar: Rescue of the Tribe of Mazin

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On the following day the Absians encounter five hundred horsemen, all clad in steel, and led by Gheidac, a haughty chief, whose father Antar had killed in one of his former expeditions. Gheidac and his troops were advancing to assist Oosak in his purposed attack on the tribe of Mazin, when they fell in with the warriors of Abs. "They all rushed forward, and horsemen encountered horsemen.

Arabian Poetry: The Romance of Antar: Rescue of the Tribe of Mazin

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