As the radiant sun unfurled its golden crown upon the heavens at dawn, King Bahram Gur set forth toward the hunting grounds alongside a magnificent host with strung bows. Riding majestically at the rear of his army, the monarch issued a challenge of skill, declaring that an archer's arrow must strike true into the horn of a wild ass and pierce clean through its breast. The assembled paladins marvelled at the task, acknowledging that such mastery belonged only to the royal line whose imperial Glory illumed the realm. Yet Bahram humbly disclaimed personal credit, reminding his nobles that all strength and victory derive solely from the Almighty Divine, without whose grace even the strongest warrior remains helpless.
Spurring his swift charger—which bounded across the plains like a soaring Homa bird—Bahram encountered a female wild ass separated from its fawn. With a single lightning stroke of his sword, he halved the beast mid-stride. The gathered nobles and swordsmen stood awestruck at the terrifying power of his blade, proclaiming that the heavens themselves bowed beneath the King's arrows and sword. Demonstrating royal benevolence, Bahram commanded that all the hunted game be distributed freely among merchants and common folk, prohibiting anyone from taking silver for the beast carcasses.
Extending his bounty across the land, the King remitted taxes and tribute for struggling towns, enriching the impoverished and elevating many to honored estate. Returning from the hunt, Bahram dispatched a sweet-voiced herald to announce that all who suffered under hardship, all indebted souls, the elderly, the sick, and fatherless orphans should present themselves before the royal court to receive aid directly from the treasury. He sternly warned that any official who dared prey upon the inheritance of orphans would face execution upon the gallows.
Having established justice throughout the realm, Bahram journeyed to Baghdad and onward to the royal citadel of Estakhr. There, the golden harem was adorned with fine brocades, wine, and harpists whose melodies filled the air. Yet upon inspecting the quarters, the King reproached his minister Rozbeh, noting that the noble ladies of the court lacked ivory thrones and royal crowns despite the empire's vast wealth. Bahram commanded that the tributes of Rome and Khazar be collected to embellish the harem to unparalleled splendor, inaugurating a season of feast, song, and victorious reign.