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

How we draw Malika
The identity sheet the illustrator works from. Tap to open full size. More in the Art section.
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
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Malika named 3 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
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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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