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Character · The Shahnameh · Volume III

Malikaمالکه

MA-lee-ka

Daughter of Tair the Ghassanid by a captive of Narsi's line, who falls in love with Shapur and betrays her father.

In the poem
First at D8.1, Shapur, Son of Hormizd, Surnamed Zul-Aktaf
Named
3 times, in 1 section
Main stories
D8 The Shapur Zul-Aktaf Cycle and Later Early Sasanian Reigns (3)
Plates
Vol III: IV
Genealogical plate: Shapur Zul-Aktaf and His House
Volume III, Plate IV: Shapur Zul-Aktaf and His House. Tap to open the genealogies.

How we draw Malika

The identity sheet the illustrator works from. Tap to open full size. More in the Art section.
Malika, identity sheet: Young princess (~16–18)
Young princess (~16–18)

In the poem’s own words

The 1 section that name Malika most often, with the summary from the Notes. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
D8.1

Shapur, Son of Hormizd, Surnamed Zul-Aktaf

Malika named 3 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes

Family

On the maps

Story maps that show Malika or tell a part of the story that names Malika.

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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