Character · The Shahnameh · Volume III

Azarmidokhtآزرمدخت

ah-zar-mee-DOKHT

A Sasanian queen who takes the crown after Poorandokht.

In the poem: First at E9.5, The Reign of Azarmidokht
Named: 1 time, in 1 section
Main stories: E9 The Years of Chaos (1)
Plates: Vol III: I, Vol III: IX

Genealogical plate: The Sasanian Succession — Volume III, Plate I: The Sasanian Succession. Tap to open the genealogies.

In the poem’s own words

The 1 section that name Azarmidokht most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Azarmidokht. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.

E9.5

The Reign of Azarmidokht

Azarmidokht is crowned, pledges justice and the ancient way, and promises the gallows to anyone who breaks faith with her, Iranian, Arab or Roman. She fills the throne four months; the fifth brings her death, and the crown stands empty again.