Character · The Shahnameh · Volume I
Garshasp, Pahlevanگرشاسپ
gar-SHAHSP
An ancestral hero of Sahm‘s line, famed in the older legend as a dragon-slayer.
- In the poem
- First at A7.1, The Crowning of Manuchehr
- Named
- 1 time, in 1 section
- Main stories
- A7 The First Kings: Manuchehr (1)
- Children
- Nariman
- Plates
- Vol I: VII

In the poem’s own words
The 1 section that name Garshasp, Pahlevan most often, with the summary from the Notes. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
A7.1
The Crowning of Manuchehr
After a week’s mourning Manuchehr is crowned. He proclaims a reign of justice and faith, and war on the wicked. Sahm pledges to take the burden of battle on himself, recalling his line of champions from Garshasp to Nariman.
Garshasp, Pahlevan named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes
Family
- Children
- Nariman
Where he appears
Named mentions by book, from the Universe Registry, the index behind this site. Titles and epithets are not counted.
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