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In a vision of his grandfather, one of the heroes of this legend is promised a superior horse, musician, kingdom, and wife to those he lost in punishment for disrupting a peasant’s vineyard. That figure in this legend falls in love after hearing his court painter’s vivid description of a woman. The historical revolt of Bahram Chobin causes the male hero of this legend to travel to Constantinople, where he is forced to marry Mariam. In a popular moment from this legend, a man encounters a woman bathing in a pool but she fails to recognize him due to his peasant disguise. After falsely hearing of the death of the female hero of this legend, a (*) sculptor abandons his impossible (-5[1])task of carving steps into Mount Behistun, causing the male hero of this story to apologize for his role in Farhad’s death. For 10 points, what love story of a princess and a Sasanian king appears in Nizami’s Khamsa following Layla and Majnun? (0[1])■END■

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