Character · The Shahnameh · Volume I

Rivniz (son-in-law of Tus)ریونیز

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Tus’s son-in-law, shot down by Forood at Kalat (B12.7). A different man from Rivniz son of Kavus.

In the poem: First at B11.5, The Mustering of the Pahlevans; last at B12.7, Forood Slays Rivniz
Named: 4 times, in 2 sections
Main stories: B12 Forood and the Snowstorm Campaign (3); B11 Kay Khosrow’s Kingship (1)
Spouses: Tus’s daughter
Plates: Vol I: IV

In the poem’s own words

The 2 sections that name Rivniz (son-in-law of Tus) most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Rivniz (son-in-law of Tus). Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.

B11.5

The Mustering of the Pahlevans

When the sun enters Virgo, Kay Khosrow has a new army register drawn up, clan by clan: the kin of Kavus under Fariborz, Nohzar’s line, the sons of Gudarz and the other great houses. He orders the army out to the plain to await the new month.

B11.5.19
Rivniz, their chief, before the koust would ride,And stood as Tus’s son-in-law allied.

Rivniz (son-in-law of Tus) named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes

B12.7

Forood Slays Rivniz

Rivniz rides up the mountain. Tokhvar names him as Tus’s son-in-law, the only brother of forty sisters, and advises Forood to shoot. Forood’s arrow pins Rivniz’s helmet to his head, and he falls dead.

B12.7.7
Then Tokhvar said: “That rider, battle-famed,Is Rivniz, for his horsemanship acclaimed.
B12.7.17
Then Rivniz nearer to the summit came;Forood drew taut his shiz bow to aim.
B12.7.19
The rider crashed; his charger turned away,His head sank deep in dust where Rivniz lay.