When word reached the Turanian prince Afrasiab that his celebrated chieftains had fallen in battle, a violent fire of grief and fury ignited in his breast, weeping tears of blood. He demanded the head of King Nowzar to appease the blood-feud of Viseh and the Turanian ancestors. The executioners dragged the defeated Iranian monarch out of his tent—bareheaded, barefooted, and stripped of all majesty. Realizing his time had come, Nowzar faced his doom. Afrasiab evoked the ancient vengeance of Tur and Salm, cast all royal mercy aside, and drew his blade, severing the head of Manuchehr’s last heir and leaving the realm of Iran bereft of crown and sovereign.
Following the King's slaying, Afrasiab ordered the remaining Iranian captives to be brought forth for execution. Yet Aghriras, his noble and compassionate brother, intervened with a burning heart. He argued fiercely that slaughtering unarmed, bound prisoners brought no honor to a king. He implored Afrasiab to spare their lives and entrust them to his custody, proposing to imprison them safely in the caves of Sari. Moved by his brother's solemn plea, Afrasiab granted their lives and ordered them bound in iron and led away. Thereupon, the Turanian conqueror drove his host swiftly from Dehestan to Ray, where he mounted the Kianid throne and unlocked the royal treasuries.