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Ayin Gashaspآیین گشسپ

ah-YEEN ga-SHASP

A Pahlevan of Hormizd's court sent against the rebel Bahram, murdered on the way.

In the poem
First at E5.26, Bahram’s Letter and Khosrow’s Flight; last at E6.6, Gurdiyeh’s Counsel and Khosrow’s Purpose
Named
15 times, in 3 sections
Main stories
E5 Hormizd, Son of Anooshirvan (14); E6 Khosrow Parviz (1)

In the poem’s own words

The 3 sections that name Ayin Gashasp most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Ayin Gashasp. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
E5.26

Bahram’s Letter and Khosrow’s Flight

Bahram’s letter renounces Hormizd and declares for Khosrow, hoping the father will kill the son. Hormizd, seeing letter and coins, orders Khosrow poisoned. Warned by a chamberlain, Khosrow flees to Azar Abadagan, where the frontier lords swear to him; Hormizd imprisons his kin.

  • E5.26.19
    He writhed and turned suspicion on his son,And told Ayin Gashasp what had been done.
  • E5.26.22
    Ayin Gashasp replied, “Without you, sire,May field and horse elude his heart’s desire.
Ayin Gashasp named 2 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
E5.27

Hormizd’s Captain Is Slain

Hormizd sends Ayin Gashasp against Bahram, with orders to sound him out first. A freed convict joins the army; a star-reader at Hamadan names him as the chief’s killer. Ayin Gashasp sends him to court carrying his own death warrant; the man reads it and beheads him.

  • E5.27.1
    Then to Ayin Gashasp the Shah replied:“We lack sound counsel, with the wind allied.
  • E5.27.3
    Ayin Gashasp then sought a fitting wayTo make his counsel pleasing on that day.
  • E5.27.14
    Ayin Gashasp obeyed the Shah’s command,And took the charge the monarch now had planned.
Ayin Gashasp named 12 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
E6.6

Gurdiyeh’s Counsel and Khosrow’s Purpose

A Turk’s kamand takes Khosrow’s crown before Gostaham cuts the rope; Bahram, furious that his parley was broken, withdraws. Gurdiyeh presses him again with fables and the example of Sahm. Khosrow plans a night attack, tells too many men, and is talked out of it.

  • E6.6.37
    When Hormizd raved in anger and in pain,And Ayin Gashasp stirred his rage and bane,
Ayin Gashasp named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes

Where the name appears

Named mentions by book, from the Universe Registry, the index behind this site. Titles and epithets are not counted.
E5Hormizd, Son of Anooshirvan14E6Khosrow Parviz1

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