The Telling of his Tale by Tariel when he first told it to Avt'handil
Avtandil finds Tariel weeping in a cave tended by the slave-maiden Asmath, and Tariel begins to tell his story: how his father came to serve the great Indian king P'harsadan and Tariel rose to the rank of Amirbar at the Indian court.
Sources & Edition
~15 min · 30 stanzas
Zichy, 1888
Mihály Zichy, 1888 illustrated edition — Public Domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Tavakalashvili, 1646
Mamuka Tavakalashvili, 1646 manuscript (H-599) — Public Domain (Wikimedia Commons)