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Rozbehروزبه

rooz-BEH

A high Mobad and counselor of Bahram Goor.

In the poem
First at D10.8, Rozbeh Ruins and Restores a Village; last at E6.13, The Hermit’s Prophecy to Khosrow
Named
13 times, in 6 sections
Main stories
D10 The Bahram Goor Cycle: Justice, Foreign Adventures, and End of a Reign (12); E6 Khosrow Parviz (1)

In the poem’s own words

The 6 sections that name Rozbeh most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Rozbeh. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
D10.8

Rozbeh Ruins and Restores a Village

Vexed by a village that fails to bless him, Bahram orders it destroyed. Rozbeh instead proclaims every man, woman and slave its lord, and within a year strife has wrecked it. Told to restore it, he appoints one elder, and by the third year it flourishes; he explains the lesson.

  • D10.8.2
    Hormizd rode on his left; and on his rightRode Rozbeh, that high Mobad of insight.
  • D10.8.33
    He said to Rozbeh, “What a grievous sight:This village ruined, once so fair and bright.
  • D10.8.46
    Then Rozbeh, grieved to hear the old man’s tale,Asked, “Who is chief here, where all things now fail?”
Rozbeh named 7 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
D10.13

Bahram Weds the Daughters of Noble Barzin

Bahram rides to the sea with elephants, hawks and cheetahs. His black falcon Toghri carries off a crane; following its bells he finds Barzin’s garden and three harping daughters, drinks, and asks for all three as brides. Later he transfixes a mating pair of Gur-e-Khars with one shaft.

  • D10.13.111
    The eighth day out he rode with Rozbeh’s band,A thousand mighty horsemen at his command.
Rozbeh named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes
D10.14

Bahram Slays Lions and Weds Arezu

Bahram kills two lions, hears from a herdsman of a jeweler’s harp-playing daughter, and rides alone to the house as “Gushasp.” Arezu sings to him and chooses him over the king himself; they are married by dawn. Meanwhile Rozbeh lectures the chiefs on the king’s excess with women.

  • D10.14.31
    Rozbeh said to the chiefs, “Mark where he rides:He seeks the village where his purpose hides.
  • D10.14.220
    Then Rozbeh came with pomp to greet his lord;They lodged him by the gate, with bed and board.
Rozbeh named 2 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
D10.15

Bahram’s Hunt and Night with Farshidvard

After a month in camp, with game so plentiful that dealers ride out from town to buy it, Bahram goes ahead alone and asks lodging of a town’s chief man. Farshidvard, in a dung-fouled hall, pleads poverty, refuses him food, bedding and water, and weeps him out of doors.

  • D10.15.1
    With Rozbeh, Bahram left his men that day,And rode toward his wives in glad array.
Rozbeh named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes
D10.18

Bahram’s Gur-e-Khar Hunt before the Princes

Before his nobles Bahram drives an arrow through a buck so that neither point nor feathers show, and cleaves a female Gur-e-Khar in two. He rings three hundred beasts’ ears with gold engraved with his name and frees them, holds open court for the poor, then returns to feasting.

  • D10.18.66
    He bit his lip at Rozbeh in disdain,And spoke of tribute from Khazar’s domain.
Rozbeh named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes
E6.13

The Hermit’s Prophecy to Khosrow

Crossing the desert, Khosrow is fed by an Arab caravan chief and by a merchant, and a storm breaches the walls of Karsan for him. At Warigh a hermit knows him at sight and foretells Caesar’s help, a daughter’s hand, victory within a year, and betrayal by Gostaham.

  • E6.13.58
    He bade his scribe, Rozbeh, record the nameAnd village of the youth from whom help came.
Rozbeh named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes

Where the name appears

Named mentions by book, from the Universe Registry, the index behind this site. Titles and epithets are not counted.
D10The Bahram Goor Cycle: Justice, Foreign Adventures, and End of a Reign12E6Khosrow Parviz1

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