Dash Akol

Dash Akol is greatly respected in Shiraz as an honorable man who has lost his familys money through helping his friends He has an enemy however named Kaka Rostam a mean and spiteful person Dash Akol who is in his forties falls in love with Marjan daughter of the late Haji Samad for whose estate he is the executor But he keeps his love secret One day a suitor asks for Marjans hand and Dash Akol considers it against his code of honor to refuse On the night of the wedding Dash Akol hands over responsibility for the family to the bridegroom As he is leaving the house however Kaka Rostam is waiting for him and a fight ensues Kaka Rostam stabs him in the back but Dash Akol succeeds in killing him On his deathbed Dash Akol sends his parrot to Marjan with the confession of love he has taught it