He continued until He stood at the Iwan of Khosrow (the Arch of Ctesiphon). It was a magnificent hall with one hundred and sixty battlements and thirty gates, all facing one another. In the middle of it was a pond, measuring approximately one hundred and fifty cubits (dhira'a), with a depth equal to that. He [Ali] stood over it and said: "O Jabir, Khosrow Anushirvan used to stand in this place. When he would ride here with the people of his kingdom on a specific day of the year—the day he would settle in this hall until the same day of the following month and year—he would command and gather the people of his kingdom to attend him on 그 day. He would release the water into this pond and command them to throw themselves into it. Every person would strip off their clothing and hurl themselves into that pond; the people would pile upon one another. He did all of this every year.

Many people would perish that year, drowning in this pond. If a man managed to escape and was saved from drowning by clinging to the side of the pond and surviving, Khosrow would summon him, bestow robes of honor upon him and his officers (asawira), and make him one of his elite circle and his stewards (qaharamata), naming him 'Nurshan.' When the day of his departure arrived, he would command that the pond be filled with pearls, jewels, silver (lajayn), and gold dust (tibr), and that they be scattered into it from all sides.

On that day, as many people would perish as those who had perished during that entire week. He continued this for seven years, annihilating a