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Goshtasb, the king of Iran, returns from a great battle and discovers that Arjasp, the king of Turan, has used the Iranians’ inclination toward the Good Religion and monotheism as a pretext to invade Iran in his absence, devastating the land and its people, and taking his daughters, Homay and Be Afrid, captive . Goshtasb frees Esfandiar from his chains, and Esfandiar chooses to undertake the passage through seven perilous and fearsome trials to rescue his captive sisters.