When word of the peace treaty reached the Iranian court, King Kay Kavus erupted in sudden, blind fury. He summoned his royal scribe to a golden throne and dictated a violent letter laced with harsh rebukes. Kavus accused Prince Siyavash of being beguiled by Turanian trickery, trading the glory of battle for soft banquets and idle ease. He commanded Siyavash to instantly send the one hundred noble Turanian hostages bound in heavy chains to his court for execution, tear up the treaty, and march upon Turan—or else surrender the army's leadership to General Tus and return in shame.
When the wrathful missive arrived, Siyavash's pure heart sank into profound despair. To execute innocent men and violate an oath sworn in the holy name of Yazdan would bring eternal stain upon his soul in both worlds. Yet to return to Kavus meant falling back into the malicious web of Sudabeh and the king's volatile tempers. Calling his most trusted confidants, Bahram son of Goudarz and Zangeh-ye Shavaran, into a private chamber, Siyavash unveiled his agonizing dilemma.
Refusing to sully his sacred honor, Siyavash dispatched Zangeh-ye Shavaran to return all one hundred hostages and royal gifts safely to King Afrasiab, carrying a message that Siyavash would rather forfeit his kingdom than break his holy oath. When Zangeh reached the Turanian court, Afrasiab was thrown into deep astonishment and doubt. However, Piran Viseh, the wise chieftain of Turan, advised his sovereign that harboring a prince of Siyavash's unmatched virtue, divine glory, and martial nobility was a supreme blessing that could permanently extinguish the ancient hatred between Iran and Turan.
Afrasiab embraced Piran's counsel and composed a tender, royal invitation to Siyavash, promising to treat him as his own son, bestow upon him lands and treasures, and honor him above all noblemen. Upon receiving Afrasiab's welcoming letter, Siyavash penned a sorrowful farewell epistle to his father Kay Kavus, detailing his past blameless suffering from Sudabeh's malice and his ordeal through the fire. Entrusting the imperial army, standards, and war elephants to Bahram to hand over to Tus, Siyavash gathered three hundred chosen horsemen and set out toward the realm of Turan.