Character · The Shahnameh · Volume III

Galinushگلینوش

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The keeper who guards the deposed Khosrow Parviz in Tisfoon.

In the poem: First at E7.11, Shiruyeh Sends Khosrow to Tisfoon; last at E8.1, Shiruyeh Takes the Throne
Named: 7 times, in 2 sections
Main stories: E8 Shiruyeh’s Coup and the End of the Great Reign (6); E7 The Story of Khosrow Parviz and Shirin (1)

How we draw Galinush

The identity sheet the illustrator works from. Tap to open full size. More in the Art section.

Galinush, identity sheet: Mature warden — **Mature warden**

In the poem’s own words

The 2 sections that name Galinush most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Galinush. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.

E7.11

Shiruyeh Sends Khosrow to Tisfoon

Hungry in the garden, Khosrow has a servant cut jeweled studs from his belt to buy food; a jeweler knows the workmanship and the search finds him. Zad Farrokh talks him into yielding, the old prophecy comes clear to him, and after thirty-eight years he is carried to Tisfoon.

E7.11.69
Let Galinush the keeper’s charge fulfill,A thousand horsemen subject to his will.”

Galinush named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes

E8.1

Shiruyeh Takes the Throne

Crowned as Qobad, Shiruyeh promises justice and sends Ashtad and Kharrad Barzin to Tisfoon with a written charge against his father. Galinush admits them. A quince rolls from Khosrow’s cushion to the floor; he reads his house’s ruin in it, hears the charges out, and answers with a rebuke.

E8.1.51
Galinush sat before the palace gate;His martial splendor seemed to shake the state.
E8.1.55
Galinush rose, rejoicing at their sight,And welcomed both famed chiefs with great delight.
E8.1.61
Galinush answered, “Veteran, prosper long;May Fortune keep your honored spirit strong.