Character · The Shahnameh · Volume II

Khashashخشاش

kha-SHAHSH

A mighty Turanian warrior who leads Arjasp's scouts and vanguard.

In the poem: First at C6.8, The Envoys Bear Goshtasb’s Answer; last at C6.9, Goshtasb Assembles His Troops
Named: 2 times, in 2 sections
Main stories: C6 Goshtasb, Zardosht, and the War with Arjasp (2)

How we draw Khashash

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

Khashash, identity sheet: Adult vanguard commander — **Adult vanguard commander**

In the poem’s own words

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

C6.8

The Envoys Bear Goshtasb’s Answer

The envoys return in disgrace and Arjasp has the reply read aloud: Goshtasb boasts of his lineage, his lions, Zarir and Esfandiyar, and throws back the musk. Arjasp musters Turan, dividing the army among Kuhram, Andariman, Gorgsar, Bidarfesh, Khashash and Hushdiv.

C6.8.55
One warrior bore the name Khashash; his mightWould make a lion shrink from open fight.

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

C6.9

Goshtasb Assembles His Troops

Warned that the Turks have crossed the frontier, Goshtasb summons every frontier chief. The muster fills the plain, he reviews it and picks his best men, opens the treasury, pays the troops two years’ wages, and marches out under the royal banner.

C6.9.2
And that their ruler marched arrayed for war,With brave Khashash dispatched to march before,

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

Where he appears

Named mentions by book, from the Universe Registry, the index behind this site. Titles and epithets are not counted.

C6Goshtasb, Zardosht, and the War with Arjasp2

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