Meaning
A shield.
Usage & notes
Sipar, the shield, rounds out Iqbal's armoury of war imagery, the guard raised in the contest. To throw down the sipar in classical usage is to surrender, an abdication his heroic ideal refuses.
A shield.
Sipar, the shield, rounds out Iqbal's armoury of war imagery, the guard raised in the contest. To throw down the sipar in classical usage is to surrender, an abdication his heroic ideal refuses.