Seeing the field littered with the slain and heavy with the grief of fallen champions, Piran Viseh took counsel with his own wisdom and summoned a scribe to write a letter of peace to the Iranian commander-in-chief, Goudarz. He opened the letter with grand praises to the Almighty, praying that the Creator might lift the cloud of malice from between the two armies. Piran reflected on the vanity of endless vengeance, warning that a ruined name and the curse of posterity are the only fruits of boundless war. If Goudarz sought to restore the ancient honor and realm of Iran, Piran offered to send swift couriers to Afrasiab to redrawn the borders as they were in the glorious age of King Manuchehr.
He proposed relinquishing vast territories: from Gharchagan, Bast, Taleqan, and Faryab to Balkh, Panjhir, Bamyan, Guzganan, and Badakhshan; across the plains of Amuy, Termez, Bukhara, and Soghd; to Nimrouz, Kabul, Kashmir, Qandahar, and the lands of Alanan stretching all the way to Mount Qaf. All these lands, Piran promised, would be surrendered without battle or boast to King Kay Khosrow, burying the ancient feud that had burned since the deaths of Fereydun's sons.
Piran sealed the epistle and dispatched his noble son, Ruin, accompanied by ten elite horsemen, to the Persian pavilion. Upon Ruin's arrival, Goudarz rose and embraced the young prince warmly, inquiring after Piran and his host. When the scribe read Piran's smooth-tongued letter aloud, the Iranian chieftains were struck by its eloquent counsel and tempting terms. Goudarz treated Ruin with lavish hospitality, housing him in a royal pavilion adorned with Roman silk and offering grand banquets. Yet beneath the festivities, the old Iranian warrior convened his mobads and chieftains for seven full days to craft a formidable, uncompromising response that would meet Turanian entreaties with the unyielding steel of Iranian justice.