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Character · The Shahnameh · Volume III

Jamhurجمهور

jam-HOOR

A king of Hind, father of Gav, after whose death Mai takes his throne.

In the poem
First at E2.3, Gav, Talkhand, and Chess
Named
13 times, in 1 section
Main stories
E2 Chess, Wisdom, and the Kalila and Dimna (13)

In the poem’s own words

The 1 sections that name Jamhur most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Jamhur. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
E2.3

Gav, Talkhand, and Chess

In Hind, Jamhur dies leaving the infant Gav; his brother Mai reigns, marries the queen and fathers Talkhand. The brothers’ rival claims end in a battle by the sea where Talkhand dies of thirst, unwounded. To show his mother how, the sages devise chess.

  • E2.3.3
    Jamhur his name, renowned in every land,Whose valor passed famed Foor’s heroic hand.
  • E2.3.8
    Jamhur was reverent, learned, rich in lore,Preeminent in wisdom’s guarded store.
  • E2.3.12
    He named the infant Gav, his royal boy;But brief was Jamhur’s time to share that joy.
Jamhur named 13 times 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.
E2Chess, Wisdom, and the Kalila and Dimna13

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