New NaqqaliCharacter · The Shahnameh · Volume I
Mah-Afaridماهآفرید
mah-ah-fa-REED
Iraj‘s consort, whose daughter is Manuchehr’s mother.
- In the poem
- First at A6.14, A Daughter Is Born to Iraj
- Named
- 1 time, in 1 section
- Main stories
- A6 The First Kings: Fereydoon (1)
- Spouses
- Iraj
- Children
- Iraj’s daughter
- Plates
- Vol I: III
In the poem’s own words
The 1 section that name Mah-Afarid most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Mah-Afarid. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
A6.14
A Daughter Is Born to Iraj
Fereydoon finds that Iraj’s beloved, Mah-Afarid, is pregnant. She bears a daughter, not the hoped-for avenger. The girl grows up the image of her father, and Fereydoon marries her to his nephew Pashang.
- A6.14.2Among the moon-faced women in that place,Mah-Afarid appeared, a maid of grace.
Mah-Afarid named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes
Family
- Spouses
- Iraj
- Children
- Iraj’s daughter
Where she appears
Named mentions by book, from the Universe Registry, the index behind this site. Titles and epithets are not counted.
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