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[32] Shírín was loved by the Persian emperor Khusrau Parwíz. Farhád fell in love with her and cast himself down a precipice on hearing a false rumour of her death.
[33] Abraham is said to have been cast on a burning pile by order of Nimrod and miraculously preserved from harm.