Horse · The Shahnameh · Volumes I, II, III

bargostvanبرگستوان

bar-gost-VAHN

Armor for a war-horse.

In the poem: First at A6.25, Manuchehr Fights Salm and Slays Him; last at E10.10, The Plot against Yazdegard
Named: 45 times, in 43 sections
Main stories: B10 Vengeance for Siavash and the Retrieval of Kay Khosrow (8); B14 The Great Battle with the Khan of Chin (3); C3 The Battle of the Twelve Rukhs (3)

In the poem’s own words

The 8 sections that name bargostvan most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name bargostvan. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.

A6.25

Manuchehr Fights Salm and Slays Him

Salm flees to the sea but finds no ships. Manuchehr overtakes and kills him and raises his head on a spear. The leaderless army pleads that it fought under orders, and Manuchehr pardons the soldiers and sends them home.

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A7.5

Zal Returns to Zabulistan

The court astrologers foretell a great future for Zal. Manuchehr loads Sahm with gifts and grants him a charter over Kabul, Hind, Sind and Zabul. Sahm returns home, and Sistan is decked like paradise to greet him and his son.

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B2.4

Rostam Brings Kay Qobad from Alborz

Rostam rides to Alborz, breaking through the Turanian outposts, and finds a young prince feasting by a stream who turns out to be Kay Qobad. Qobad tells of a dream of falcons bearing a crown. On the way back Rostam kills Kulun, and he brings Qobad secretly to Zal.

B2.4.88
With Rakhsh, my gorz, his bargostvan, my hand,I need no other force to break their band.

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B6.6

Rostam Battles the Three Kings

Rostam leads the Iranians against the three allied kings. He catches one king with his kamand and plucks him from the saddle, Guraza captures the king of Barbar, and the king of Hamavaran sues for peace and frees Kavus and his chiefs. Kavus gathers a vast army.

B6.6.49
More than three hundred thousand filled the plain,In jowshans, steeds in bargostvan, a train.

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B6.7

Kavus’s Message to Afrasiab

Kavus seeks troops from Rum, and loyal Iranians report that they have resisted Afrasiab. Kavus orders Afrasiab out of Iran; Afrasiab claims the throne by descent from Tur and by conquest. In the battle that follows the Turanians are routed and Afrasiab flees home.

B6.7.39
He armed his ranks with gorz and sword in hand,On chargers clad in bargostvan they stand.

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B7.1

Rostam and the Seven Warriors Go Hunting

At a feast at Nawand, Giv proposes a hunt in Afrasiab’s own preserves. Rostam and the champions hunt across the Turanian border for a week, with Guraza as lookout. Afrasiab sends thirty thousand men to trap them, and Rostam, warned, calls for more wine.

B7.1.69
At most a hundred thousand riders show,Rein-masters, bargostvan from row to row.

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B10.19

Kay Khosrow Wins Behzad

Behzad recognizes Siavash’s saddle and lets Khosrow mount, then vanishes like the wind, and Giv fears a trick of Ahriman. Khosrow returns and reads his thoughts. Farangis opens a hidden treasury, and Giv chooses Siavash’s armor.

B10.19.39
With gopal, bargostvan, khanjar, blade,And heavy gorz, for battle all arrayed.
B10.19.49
They chose a helm and bargostvan, and foundSuch arms as fit a Pahlevan renowned.

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B14.20

Rostam Fights Kafur the Maneater

Fariborz returns with the Shah’s gifts. Rostam marches to Sughd, then to Bidad, whose man-eating king Kafur overwhelms Gostaham’s force until Rostam kills him. Rostam undermines and burns the walls of Tur’s ancient fortress, takes it, and sends Giv raiding towards Khutan.

B14.20.16
With Gostaham, two seasoned chiefs he led;On steeds in bargostvan, at foes they sped.
B14.20.87
He ordered Giv, two thousand at his side,Shield-bearers, steeds in bargostvan, to ride.

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