“This letter was feigned to be written by Ahoshta and this was the signification of the writing： ‘Ahoshta Tarkaan to Kidrash Tarkaan， salutation and peace. In the name of Tash the irresistible， the inexorable. Be it known to you that as I made my journey towards your house to perform the contract of marriage between me and your daughter Aravis Tarkheena， it pleased fortune and the gods that I fell in with her in the forest when she had ended the rites and sacrifices of Zardeenah according to the custom of maidens. And when I learned who she was， being delighted with her beauty and discretion， I became inflamed with love and it appeared to me that the sun would be dark to me if I did not marry her at once. Accordingly I prepared the necessary sacrifices and married your daughter the same hour that I met her and have returned with her to my own house. And we both pray and charge you to come hither as speedily as you may that we may be delighted with your face and speech； and also that you may bring with you the dowry of my wife， which， by reason of my great charges and expenses， I require without delay. And because thou and I are brothers I assure myself that you will not be angered by the haste of my marriage which is wholly occasioned by the great love I bear your daughter. And I commit you to the care of all the gods.’
