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Nahidناهید

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A daughter of Caesar. One Nahid is the princess Goshtasb names Katayun; another is the bride of Darab and mother of Iskandar.

In the poem
First at C6.2, Lohrasp Withdraws to Balkh
Named
1 time, in 1 section
Main stories
C6 Goshtasb, Zardosht, and the War with Arjasp (1)

In the poem’s own words

The 1 section that name Nahid most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Nahid. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
C6.2

Lohrasp Withdraws to Balkh

Lohrasp gives Goshtasb the crown and retires to the Nowbahar at Balkh, where he prays for thirty years in coarse wool. Goshtasb rules justly, and Katayun bears him Esfandiyar and Bishutan. Every king pays tribute except Arjasp of Turan, who refuses.

  • C6.2.18
    At length Nahid, illustrious Caesar’s child,Whom Goshtasb named Katayun, bright and mild,
Nahid named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes

Where she 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 Arjasp1

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