Character · The Shahnameh · Volume III
Tairطایر
tah-EER
The Ghassanid Arab chief who carries off Nusha and is beheaded by Shapur.
- In the poem
- First at D8.1, Shapur, Son of Hormizd, Surnamed Zul-Aktaf
- Named
- 15 times, in 1 section
- Main stories
- D8 The Shapur Zul-Aktaf Cycle and Later Early Sasanian Reigns (15)
- Plates
- Vol III: IV

In the poem’s own words
The 1 sections that name Tair 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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Tair named 15 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
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Where the name appears
Named mentions by book, from the Universe Registry, the index behind this site. Titles and epithets are not counted.
More in the Glossary and the index of characters.
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