“Farhod and Shirin”: the magic mirror and the meeting of Farhod and Shirin
To drive away Farhod’s sorrow the khagan has four palaces built for the four seasons; the tutor Mulkoro runs the work, and the masters are the architect Boniy, the painter Moniy and the stone-cutter Qoran. Farhod learns their crafts and even surpasses his teachers, but the palaces do not lift his sadness. The khagan offers him the throne; Farhod politely asks for time to learn state affairs and insists on opening the chest in the treasury. Out of it comes the mysterious mirror that Iskandar had made; to unlock its spell one had to go to a mountain in Greece and overcome a dragon, the demon Ahraman and a spell. Farhod succeeds, wins Jamshid’s cup, Solomon’s ring and Iskandar’s treasure, and meets the sage Suqrot in a cave. Back home he sees Shirin in the mirror and faints, then goes with his friend Shopur to the land of Armenia, where he joins the people cutting a mountain and wins the affection of Queen Mehinbonu and her niece Shirin.
Show Farhod’s journey on a simple route diagram: Chin → treasury → Greece (three obstacles, Suqrot) → Chin → Armenia. Write one quality at each stage.