{ "title": "Women of the Shahnameh — book priorities and identity audit", "summary": { "audit_date": "2026-10-23", "poem_snapshot_date": "2026-10-22", "poem_couplets": 51547, "glossary_headwords_reviewed": 1013, "principal_figures": 18, "principal_human_women": 17, "named_human_women": 49, "narrative_human_women": 48, "religious_reference_women": 1, "principal_female_mythic_guardians": 1, "verified_index_entries": 50, "anonymous_review_records": 52, "selected_couplets_sum_user_supplied": 21513 }, "method": [ "The ten-book plan is copied from the user’s supplied table. Selected couplets and page estimates are publishing-plan figures, not name mentions, female speech counts, or a deduplicated total of poem coverage.", "The full 1,013-headword live glossary was retrieved and reviewed, with a whole-poem scan for names and female-role language against the 51,547 addressed entries of the 22 October snapshot. The live character directory’s Women 23 filter is selective and is not an exhaustive census.", "The verified index has 49 named human women (48 narrative women and Fatima’s religious reference), plus the principal nurturing Simorgh. This is a scope-defined named-identity audit, not a total population of every woman referred to in the poem.", "All counts in the name concordance are literal, identity-scoped name occurrences in the English translation, including retrospective mentions and comparisons. They do not count pronouns, unnamed appearances, speech, influence, or complete scenes. First/last references are first/last NAME matches, not life dates or first/last on-stage appearance.", "Personal names are disambiguated by narrative scope. Alias strings are recorded separately; the same string is not automatically the same person. Task-scoped IDs in this file are not represented as website GNML IDs.", "The anonymous appendix is a cited review queue of individual roles, collectives and nonhuman voices. It is not a completed, deduplicated census of all unnamed women. Crowd totals, generic statements about women, metaphors and references to a hero’s unspecified mother cannot safely be summed into a character total.", "Names follow the poem’s spellings. Bahman’s daughter, called both Homahyi and Chehrzad in the poem, is shown as Homahyi Chehrzad to keep her apart from Goshtasb’s daughter Homahyi. Humayi in D10.19 is a male mobad.", "The nurturing Simorgh is distinct from the bird slain by Esfandiyar. Nonhuman roles and feminine beings can be included in the visual collection with explicit kinds rather than added to the human-women count." ], "books": [ { "volume": 1, "title": "Love Across the Walls", "principal_ids": [ "women-rudabeh", "women-sindokht" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 1425, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "358–368" }, { "volume": 2, "title": "The Mother and the Warrior", "principal_ids": [ "women-tahmineh", "women-gordafarid" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 1761, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "355–365" }, { "volume": 3, "title": "The Queen and the Fire", "principal_ids": [ "women-sudabeh" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 1150, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "354–364" }, { "volume": 4, "title": "The Daughter Who Crossed the Border", "principal_ids": [ "women-farangis" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 1503, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "381–391" }, { "volume": 5, "title": "Mothers and the Crown", "principal_ids": [ "women-faranak_abtin", "women-jarireh", "women-humai_bahman" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 2338, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "363–373" }, { "volume": 6, "title": "Desire and Its Price", "principal_ids": [ "women-manijeh", "women-golnar" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 2983, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "374–384" }, { "volume": 7, "title": "The Woman Who Chose a King", "principal_ids": [ "women-katayun" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 3215, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "381–391" }, { "volume": 8, "title": "Power Among the Ruins", "principal_ids": [ "women-gordyeh", "women-purandokht", "women-azarmidokht" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 3105, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "393–398" }, { "volume": 9, "title": "Love and the Reckoning", "principal_ids": [ "women-shirin" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 1092, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "361–371" }, { "volume": 10, "title": "The Limits of Power", "principal_ids": [ "women-kaidafa", "women-simorgh_guardian" ], "selected_couplets_user_supplied": 2941, "estimated_pages_user_supplied": "352–362" } ], "figures": [ { "id": "women-rudabeh", "display_name": "Rudabeh", "website_name": "Rudabeh", "aliases": [ "Rudabeh" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 1, "proposed_title": "Love Across the Walls", "name_occurrences": 45, "named_couplets": 45, "named_sections": 21, "first_name_ref": "A8.2.3", "last_name_ref": "D1.4.22", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A8.2.3", "lines": [ "One was Rudabeh, radiant was her face,", "Mehrab’s fair daughter, bright as heaven’s grace," ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.2.3" }, { "ref": "A8.2.6", "lines": [ "He gazed at Rudabeh in deep delight,", "And blessed her beauty, shining soft and bright." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.2.6" }, { "ref": "A8.2.22", "lines": [ "When Rudabeh heard this, her cheeks flushed red,", "Like blossoms opening on a rose-bright bed." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.2.22" }, { "ref": "A8.2.28", "lines": [ "Rudabeh had five Turk maidens at her side,", "All loyal, thoughtful, steadfast, true, and tried." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.2.28" }, { "ref": "A8.2.50", "lines": [ "Rudabeh heard, and anger filled her breast,", "Like fire stirred by wind that knows no rest." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.2.50" }, { "ref": "A8.2.70", "lines": [ "Rudabeh smiled with joy and eyes alight,", "And answered them with measured, calm delight:" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.2.70" }, { "ref": "A8.3.13", "lines": [ "They walk abroad at Rudabeh’s command,", "The pride and glory of fair Kabul’s land.”" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.3.13" }, { "ref": "A8.3.66", "lines": [ "He asked of Rudabeh’s stature and her face,", "Her form, her bearing, every outward grace." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.3.66" }, { "ref": "A8.3.76", "lines": [ "And Rudabeh, no equal can be found,", "A silver cypress, scent and color crowned." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.3.76" }, { "ref": "A8.4.15", "lines": [ "Rudabeh’s heart leapt high with sudden flame,", "And longing rose when anyone said his name." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.4.15" }, { "ref": "A8.4.36", "lines": [ "Rudabeh made all ready, yet seemed still,", "While none among her kin suspected ill." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.4.36" }, { "ref": "A8.5.3", "lines": [ "Meanwhile Rudabeh, rosy-cheeked and bright,", "A cypress bathed beneath the moon’s full light," ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.5.3" }, { "ref": "A8.5.25", "lines": [ "He kissed the musk-dark strands with longing bliss;", "Rudabeh heard the sound of that warm kiss." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.5.25" }, { "ref": "A8.5.50", "lines": [ "Rudabeh answered: “By the Just, the True,", "No man shall ever claim me, none but you." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.5.50" }, { "ref": "A8.9.2", "lines": [ "Zal summoned her and spoke of Sahm’s reply,", "Then said: “Go now to Rudabeh, and try;" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.2" }, { "ref": "A8.9.7", "lines": [ "Rudabeh, hearing, scattered gold like rain,", "And seated her with honor in her train." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.7" }, { "ref": "A8.9.8", "lines": [ "She gave the woman robes for news she bore,", "A fitting gift from Rudabeh’s royal store." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.8" }, { "ref": "A8.9.19", "lines": [ "Rudabeh wished for jewels and robes of state;", "I brought her wares befitting one so great.”" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.19" }, { "ref": "A8.9.26", "lines": [ "And there she found the costly clothes concealed,", "With Rudabeh’s own handiwork revealed." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.26" }, { "ref": "A8.9.31", "lines": [ "She sent for Rudabeh; the summons made,", "She struck her face in anguish, sore dismayed." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.31" }, { "ref": "A8.9.40", "lines": [ "Rudabeh dropped her gaze toward the ground,", "And stood in shame, and could not make a sound." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.40" }, { "ref": "A8.10.25", "lines": [ "The son of Sahm has set his cunning snare,", "And caught Rudabeh’s bright heart unaware." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.10.25" }, { "ref": "A8.10.55", "lines": [ "“Bring Rudabeh before me,” he replied;", "“This matter now must no longer be denied.”" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.10.55" }, { "ref": "A8.10.63", "lines": [ "Rudabeh said, “What are mere gems or gold,", "Beside the love and fate my heart does hold?" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.10.63" }, { "ref": "A8.13.3", "lines": [ "Sindokht, Mehrab, and Rudabeh all", "Despaired of life before the threatened fall." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.13.3" }, { "ref": "A8.15.27", "lines": [ "She first exacted from him covenant strong,", "That Rudabeh should suffer neither hurt nor wrong." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.15.27" }, { "ref": "A8.16.19", "lines": [ "Record them there in Rudabeh’s fair name,", "The Moon of Kabul, bright with royal fame.”" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.16.19" }, { "ref": "A8.16.60", "lines": [ "Throughout the world Zal could not find a bride", "Like Rudabeh to stand as equal at his side." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.16.60" }, { "ref": "A8.16.91", "lines": [ "For Rudabeh he sent choice gifts, well weighed,", "Rich, fair, and fitting for the moon-faced maid." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.16.91" }, { "ref": "A8.21.31", "lines": [ "Rudabeh bowed, then spoke before them all:", "“O queenly woman, praised in every hall," ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.21.31" }, { "ref": "A8.21.41", "lines": [ "She dressed Rudabeh, Paradise her face,", "And worked a hundred spells of beauty’s grace," ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.21.41" }, { "ref": "A8.21.43", "lines": [ "No stranger crossed the chamber’s guarded gate;", "None entered while Rudabeh sat to wait." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.21.43" }, { "ref": "A8.22.76", "lines": [ "When Rudabeh sat shining at his side,", "He placed a gold crown on his loving bride." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.22.76" }, { "ref": "A9.1.6", "lines": [ "Rudabeh said: “I raise my ceaseless cry,", "My lips spread wide with anguish as I lie." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.6" }, { "ref": "A9.1.58", "lines": [ "Rudabeh smiled upon the noble boy,", "And saw the royal farr in him with joy." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.58" }, { "ref": "A9.5.37", "lines": [ "He came to Rudabeh, bowed before her face,", "And laid his head in dust with reverent grace." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.5.37" }, { "ref": "B4.4.54", "lines": [ "Rudabeh came with tears that would not cease,", "While Zal wept bitterly and found no peace." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b4/#B4.4.54" }, { "ref": "B8.23.34", "lines": [ "He cried: “Zal and Rudabeh will cry,", "‘You struck your youthful son and let him die!’" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.23.34" }, { "ref": "B8.24.21", "lines": [ "Then Rudabeh saw the bier and cried in pain;", "From both her eyes blood flowed in streaming rain." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.24.21" }, { "ref": "C8.6.63", "lines": [ "Let Zal, Zavareh, Faramarz appear,", "With wise Rudabeh, seasoned year on year." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.6.63" }, { "ref": "C8.8.10", "lines": [ "A boulder then shall crush him unaware,", "And plunge old Zal and Rudabeh in despair.”" ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.8.10" }, { "ref": "C8.24.3", "lines": [ "When Rudabeh had heard the household cries,", "She tore her face and hair with anguished sighs." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.24.3" }, { "ref": "C9.7.2", "lines": [ "One day Rudabeh spoke to Zal and said:", "“Lament for Rostam, for his life has fled." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/c9/#C9.7.2" }, { "ref": "C9.7.5", "lines": [ "Rudabeh raged and swore: “No food or sleep", "Shall touch my body while this vow I keep." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/c9/#C9.7.5" }, { "ref": "D1.4.22", "lines": [ "When Zal returned at last to his own door,", "His wife Rudabeh’s tears began to pour." ], "matches": [ "Rudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/d1/#D1.4.22" } ] }, { "id": "women-sindokht", "display_name": "Sindokht", "website_name": "Sindokht", "aliases": [ "Sindokht" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 1, "proposed_title": "Love Across the Walls", "name_occurrences": 36, "named_couplets": 36, "named_sections": 10, "first_name_ref": "A8.2.4", "last_name_ref": "A9.1.54", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A8.2.4", "lines": [ "The other, Sindokht, in her counsel wise,", "His cherished queen, the light before his eyes." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.2.4" }, { "ref": "A8.2.9", "lines": [ "Then Sindokht smiled, her teeth like pearls revealed,", "Her purpose hidden, and her thoughts concealed:" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.2.9" }, { "ref": "A8.6.28", "lines": [ "His daughter, born of Sindokht, holds my soul;", "Her image governs me beyond control." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.6.28" }, { "ref": "A8.9.13", "lines": [ "But Sindokht saw the woman pass within,", "And spoke at once, her voice both sharp and thin:" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.13" }, { "ref": "A8.9.17", "lines": [ "Her face grew pale with fear at Sindokht’s sound,", "She bent before her and she kissed the ground." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.17" }, { "ref": "A8.9.20", "lines": [ "Sindokht replied: “Then show me what you sold,", "And ease my doubt; bring forth the gems and gold.”" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.20" }, { "ref": "A8.9.22", "lines": [ "“Then show the payment,” Sindokht sharply cried,", "“Let me see coin, and prove you have not lied.”" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.22" }, { "ref": "A8.9.24", "lines": [ "Sindokht saw through the falsehood at a glance,", "Her anger surged; the lie had lost its chance." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.24" }, { "ref": "A8.9.55", "lines": [ "Sindokht stood frozen, wonder-struck and gray,", "Half hope, half dread at war in her dismay." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.55" }, { "ref": "A8.9.63", "lines": [ "Then Sindokht spoke, her voice no longer hard:", "“You are discerning; keep yourself on guard." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.63" }, { "ref": "A8.9.67", "lines": [ "Then Sindokht wept and lay in bitter pain,", "As though her skin were splitting from the strain." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.9.67" }, { "ref": "A8.10.1", "lines": [ "Mehrab returned, well pleased by Zal’s regard,", "And found Sindokht prostrate, her countenance marred." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.10.1" }, { "ref": "A8.10.31", "lines": [ "Sindokht sprang up and clasped his waist, afraid:", "“Wait now and hear me; let your hand be stayed." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.10.31" }, { "ref": "A8.10.56", "lines": [ "Sindokht, in fear that rage might take its toll,", "Replied, “First promise me to keep control." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.10.56" }, { "ref": "A8.13.3", "lines": [ "Sindokht, Mehrab, and Rudabeh all", "Despaired of life before the threatened fall." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.13.3" }, { "ref": "A8.15.2", "lines": [ "He summoned Sindokht; all the wrath that stirred", "Against her child he poured on her in word:" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.15.2" }, { "ref": "A8.15.7", "lines": [ "Sindokht sank down, yet reason held her mind;", "She weighed the storm, a path through it to find." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.15.7" }, { "ref": "A8.15.24", "lines": [ "Sindokht replied: “If life be what you seek,", "Then treasure counts for nothing, hear me speak:" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.15.24" }, { "ref": "A8.16.20", "lines": [ "Sindokht rejoiced; she saw good fortune rise,", "And knew that evil faded from her eyes." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.16.20" }, { "ref": "A8.16.86", "lines": [ "Sindokht returned and bowed before the chief,", "Then spoke at length, her heart released from grief." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.16.86" }, { "ref": "A8.16.90", "lines": [ "He gave rich robes and gifts for Mehrab’s share,", "And gifts for Sindokht, splendid, rich, and rare." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.16.90" }, { "ref": "A8.16.92", "lines": [ "He granted all he owned in Kabul’s land,", "Its halls and gardens into Sindokht’s hand." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.16.92" }, { "ref": "A8.21.24", "lines": [ "Then Mehrab called Sindokht before his sight:", "“O fortunate in counsel, wise and bright," ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.21.24" }, { "ref": "A8.21.28", "lines": [ "Sindokht withdrew and sought her daughter’s side,", "And told the news with joy she could not hide:" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.21.28" }, { "ref": "A8.21.34", "lines": [ "Then Sindokht turned to set the palace fair,", "And decked it out beyond what words declare:" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.21.34" }, { "ref": "A8.22.7", "lines": [ "He spoke of Sindokht, smiling as he told", "The words that she had brought from Kabul’s hold:" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.22.7" }, { "ref": "A8.22.8", "lines": [ "“A message came from Kabul to my hall;", "A woman, Sindokht, bore and told it all." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.22.8" }, { "ref": "A8.22.39", "lines": [ "Then Sindokht came in ceremonial array,", "Three hundred girded attendants led the way." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.22.39" }, { "ref": "A8.22.44", "lines": [ "Sindokht replied: “If you would see the sun,", "What price will you bestow when sight is won?”" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.22.44" }, { "ref": "A8.22.64", "lines": [ "With Sindokht, Mehrab, and their kindred near,", "They took the Sistan road in festive cheer." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.22.64" }, { "ref": "A8.22.68", "lines": [ "Then Sindokht stayed behind at Sahm’s abode;", "Mehrab and all his army homeward rode." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.22.68" }, { "ref": "A9.1.5", "lines": [ "Sindokht drew near and said with anxious tone,", "“My child, what grief has made your spirit groan?”" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.5" }, { "ref": "A9.1.12", "lines": [ "Sindokht tore out her perfumed raven hair,", "And struck her face in helpless, wild despair." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.12" }, { "ref": "A9.1.17", "lines": [ "His pain grew lighter; hope returned instead,", "He smiled and gave Sindokht good news ahead." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.17" }, { "ref": "A9.1.46", "lines": [ "Sindokht wept blood and cried in helpless fear:", "“How shall the child emerge alive from here?”" ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.46" }, { "ref": "A9.1.54", "lines": [ "At last the tall cypress woke from sleep;", "To Sindokht first she spoke from anguish deep." ], "matches": [ "Sindokht" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.54" } ] }, { "id": "women-tahmineh", "display_name": "Tahmineh", "website_name": "Tahmineh", "aliases": [ "Tahmineh" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 2, "proposed_title": "The Mother and the Warrior", "name_occurrences": 9, "named_couplets": 9, "named_sections": 4, "first_name_ref": "B8.4.11", "last_name_ref": "B8.25.3", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B8.4.11", "lines": [ "She said: “Tahmineh is the name I bear;", "Grief split my heart in two and left it bare." ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.4.11" }, { "ref": "B8.4.36", "lines": [ "With Tahmineh’s consent the pact was made,", "By rite and judgment, faithfully arrayed." ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.4.36" }, { "ref": "B8.4.40", "lines": [ "In secret Tahmineh shared Rostam’s place,", "And long the dark night held them in embrace." ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.4.40" }, { "ref": "B8.4.41", "lines": [ "A famous mohreh from his arm he drew,", "And placed the token in Tahmineh’s view." ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.4.41" }, { "ref": "B8.4.49", "lines": [ "Tahmineh left him weeping at the break,", "With grief and pain her only path to take." ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.4.49" }, { "ref": "B8.5.3", "lines": [ "The infant smiled, his face grew fresh and bright,", "Tahmineh named him Sohrab with delight." ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.5.3" }, { "ref": "B8.5.20", "lines": [ "Then Tahmineh said low: “Now heed me well;", "There is one danger I must also tell." ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.5.20" }, { "ref": "B8.15.21", "lines": [ "When Sohrab armed to march with spear and shield,", "Tahmineh called her brother from the field." ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.15.21" }, { "ref": "B8.25.3", "lines": [ "The tidings reached Tahmineh with a blow:", "“Your son lies slain; his father struck him low.”" ], "matches": [ "Tahmineh" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.25.3" } ] }, { "id": "women-gordafarid", "display_name": "Gordafarid", "website_name": "Gordafarid", "aliases": [ "Gordafarid" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 2, "proposed_title": "The Mother and the Warrior", "name_occurrences": 5, "named_couplets": 5, "named_sections": 2, "first_name_ref": "B8.9.1", "last_name_ref": "B8.11.11", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B8.9.1", "lines": [ "When word arrived that Hajir had been bound,", "Gordafarid grieved deeply at the sound." ], "matches": [ "Gordafarid" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.9.1" }, { "ref": "B8.9.4", "lines": [ "Gordafarid, peerless in warlike art,", "Took up her arms with steady hand and heart." ], "matches": [ "Gordafarid" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.9.4" }, { "ref": "B8.9.16", "lines": [ "Gordafarid drew back her tempered bow,", "And sent her arrows whistling at the foe." ], "matches": [ "Gordafarid" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.9.16" }, { "ref": "B8.9.60", "lines": [ "For Hajir’s bonds and Gordafarid’s plight,", "The people grieved throughout the troubled night." ], "matches": [ "Gordafarid" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.9.60" }, { "ref": "B8.11.11", "lines": [ "He searched the halls for Gordafarid’s face,", "But found no sign of her in any place." ], "matches": [ "Gordafarid" ], "url": "/poem/b8/#B8.11.11" } ] }, { "id": "women-sudabeh", "display_name": "Sudabeh", "website_name": "Sudabeh", "aliases": [ "Sudabeh" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 3, "proposed_title": "The Queen and the Fire", "name_occurrences": 47, "named_couplets": 46, "named_sections": 17, "first_name_ref": "B6.2.32", "last_name_ref": "B10.4.3", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B6.2.32", "lines": [ "He summoned fair Sudabeh to his side,", "And spoke of Kavus with a troubled pride:" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b6/#B6.2.32" }, { "ref": "B6.2.53", "lines": [ "He deemed Sudabeh fit to be his wife;", "By rite and faith he joined with her for life." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b6/#B6.2.53" }, { "ref": "B6.3.6", "lines": [ "But fair Sudabeh saw the snare ahead,", "And warned the Shah of treachery and dread:" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b6/#B6.3.6" }, { "ref": "B6.6.46", "lines": [ "He bade Sudabeh take her hidden place,", "Like sun beneath the earth, she hid her face." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b6/#B6.6.46" }, { "ref": "B9.6.2", "lines": [ "One day Kay Kavus sat beside his son,", "When fair Sudabeh entered, bright as sun." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.6.2" }, { "ref": "B9.6.3", "lines": [ "Sudabeh suddenly beheld his face,", "And stood transfixed before his youthful grace." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.6.3" }, { "ref": "B9.6.10", "lines": [ "Another dawn, Sudabeh sought the king,", "And shaped her words to serve her hidden sting:" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.6.10" }, { "ref": "B9.6.20", "lines": [ "Your sisters and Sudabeh wait inside;", "Sudabeh loves you with a mother’s pride." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.6.20" }, { "ref": "B9.6.26", "lines": [ "This thing is evil; hers the snare I bear;", "Sudabeh shaped this scheme with hidden care." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.6.26" }, { "ref": "B9.7.4", "lines": [ "Tell fair Sudabeh, as he nears her door,", "To scatter gems and musk across the floor." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.7.4" }, { "ref": "B9.7.19", "lines": [ "There sat Sudabeh, splendid to behold,", "A heaven rich with fragrance, hue, and gold." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.7.19" }, { "ref": "B9.7.41", "lines": [ "That night the Shah within the harem came,", "And called Sudabeh privately by name:" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.7.41" }, { "ref": "B9.7.65", "lines": [ "But do not let Sudabeh hear this choice;", "She twists its meaning with another voice." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.7.65" }, { "ref": "B9.8.2", "lines": [ "Sudabeh sat in joy upon her throne,", "A crown of ruby, gold, and jewels shone." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.8.2" }, { "ref": "B9.8.20", "lines": [ "Sudabeh asked: “What purpose lies concealed?", "Tell me what wish within your heart is sealed." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.8.20" }, { "ref": "B9.8.27", "lines": [ "Sudabeh, daughter of that land, sets snares;", "No love for this royal house she bears.”" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.8.27" }, { "ref": "B9.8.57", "lines": [ "When next the Shah came through the women’s door,", "Sudabeh saw him, rose, and crossed the floor." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.8.57" }, { "ref": "B9.8.68", "lines": [ "Sudabeh stared bewildered, darkly caught,", "And turned through many spells within her thought:" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.8.68" }, { "ref": "B9.9.1", "lines": [ "Sudabeh sat upon her royal throne,", "With earrings bright and gold-wrought crown that shone." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.9.1" }, { "ref": "B9.9.16", "lines": [ "Siavash rose in anger from his seat;", "Sudabeh seized him as he sought retreat." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.9.16" }, { "ref": "B9.10.1", "lines": [ "Sudabeh tore her robes and clawed her face,", "Then raised a dreadful cry throughout the place." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.10.1" }, { "ref": "B9.10.8", "lines": [ "Sudabeh wept and tore her hair in dread,", "Then spoke before the Shah, and this she said:" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.10.8" }, { "ref": "B9.10.18", "lines": [ "He cleared the place and, throned, he bade appear", "His son and Sudabeh, with no one near." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.10.18" }, { "ref": "B9.10.40", "lines": [ "Sudabeh carried wine and musk perfume,", "And rosewater hung heavy through the room." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.10.40" }, { "ref": "B9.10.46", "lines": [ "Sudabeh served him faithfully each day,", "By night as well, and never turned away." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.10.46" }, { "ref": "B9.11.1", "lines": [ "Sudabeh, shamed and cast from royal grace,", "Perceived estrangement written on his face." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.11.1" }, { "ref": "B9.11.16", "lines": [ "They laid the Div-born infants in the bowl;", "Sudabeh shrieked and played the mourner’s role." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.11.16" }, { "ref": "B9.11.18", "lines": [ "The servants rushed and gathered at the sound,", "And hurried toward Sudabeh all around." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.11.18" }, { "ref": "B9.11.23", "lines": [ "At dawn he found Sudabeh on her bed,", "While turmoil through the whole shabestan spread." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.11.23" }, { "ref": "B9.12.4", "lines": [ "He told them of Sudabeh and her claim,", "Her conduct and the matter of her shame." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.12.4" }, { "ref": "B9.12.8", "lines": [ "These children spring from someone else’s seed;", "Not Shah’s nor Sudabeh’s, as we can read." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.12.8" }, { "ref": "B9.12.12", "lines": [ "Sudabeh cried aloud and sought redress,", "And pressed her claim with tears and wild distress:" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.12.12" }, { "ref": "B9.12.27", "lines": [ "Again he called Sudabeh to his side,", "While all the seers still by their words abide." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.12.27" }, { "ref": "B9.12.29", "lines": [ "Sudabeh said: “Far more is known than said,", "But fear of Siavash leaves truth buried dead." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.12.29" }, { "ref": "B9.12.46", "lines": [ "And Sudabeh, Hamavaran’s royal heir,", "Still lays another burden on your care." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.12.46" }, { "ref": "B9.12.52", "lines": [ "Sudabeh said: “My cause is plain and true;", "The two dead children stand as proof to you." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.12.52" }, { "ref": "B9.13.36", "lines": [ "Sudabeh climbed the palace roof in hate,", "And watched the prince approach his fiery fate." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.13.36" }, { "ref": "B9.13.50", "lines": [ "Sudabeh, mad with anger at the sight,", "Tore hair and scratched her face in bitter spite." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.13.50" }, { "ref": "B9.14.2", "lines": [ "In wrath he summoned Sudabeh to his hall,", "And named the former evils, root of all." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.14.2" }, { "ref": "B9.14.20", "lines": [ "Then Siavash thought: “If by his decree", "Sudabeh dies, what grief may fall on me?" ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.14.20" }, { "ref": "B9.14.30", "lines": [ "His former passion settled as of old;", "His eyes on Sudabeh would keep their hold." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.14.30" }, { "ref": "B9.15.21", "lines": [ "Perhaps the Just One frees me from this mire", "Of Sudabeh and contention with my sire." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.15.21" }, { "ref": "B9.27.42", "lines": [ "I see harm right and left, before my eyes;", "From Sudabeh fresh evil will arise." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.27.42" }, { "ref": "B9.28.6", "lines": [ "But Sudabeh poisoned all that love with pain,", "And made its sweetness deadly grief and bane." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.28.6" }, { "ref": "B10.3.16", "lines": [ "Your love for Sudabeh, your crooked way,", "Has stripped the royal crown from you today." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.3.16" }, { "ref": "B10.4.3", "lines": [ "The hero turned and left the royal seat,", "And strode toward Sudabeh’s own retreat." ], "matches": [ "Sudabeh" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.4.3" } ] }, { "id": "women-farangis", "display_name": "Farangis", "website_name": "Farangis", "aliases": [ "Farangis" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 4, "proposed_title": "The Daughter Who Crossed the Border", "name_occurrences": 57, "named_couplets": 57, "named_sections": 31, "first_name_ref": "B9.35.8", "last_name_ref": "B14.7.13", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B9.35.8", "lines": [ "Among his daughters, Farangis is best,", "No fairer form was ever seen or guessed." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.35.8" }, { "ref": "B9.36.16", "lines": [ "Her name is Farangis; if I may stand", "As worthy of her, grant to me her hand.’”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.36.16" }, { "ref": "B9.37.24", "lines": [ "They brought the gifts to Farangis with praise,", "And blessed her for the fortune of her days." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.24" }, { "ref": "B9.37.29", "lines": [ "“Go now and seek the bride without delay;", "Bring Farangis to Siavash today.”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.29" }, { "ref": "B9.37.30", "lines": [ "She went to Farangis and made it known:", "“Tonight, like moonlight, you adorn his throne.”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.30" }, { "ref": "B9.38.26", "lines": [ "Within one ammari Farangis rode,", "And after her the laden baggage flowed." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.38.26" }, { "ref": "B9.43.19", "lines": [ "He turned toward Farangis in delight,", "And reached her palace flourishing and bright." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.43.19" }, { "ref": "B9.43.28", "lines": [ "For Farangis: a crown and earrings wrought,", "An armlet, and a jeweled torque he brought." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.43.28" }, { "ref": "B9.43.35", "lines": [ "And Farangis shone radiant and fair,", "Like moonlight resting on the evening air.”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.43.35" }, { "ref": "B9.43.46", "lines": [ "From far the palace of Farangis shone,", "Like gathered light condensed in single stone." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.43.46" }, { "ref": "B9.44.7", "lines": [ "For Farangis he raised a palace high,", "And holds her honored underneath the sky." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.44.7" }, { "ref": "B9.44.14", "lines": [ "Choose from the treasury the choicest things,", "Bear a gift to Farangis, child of kings." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.44.14" }, { "ref": "B9.45.12", "lines": [ "The prince and Garsivaz together went,", "To Farangis, and told what news was sent." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.45.12" }, { "ref": "B9.47.60", "lines": [ "And Farangis you scarcely would know,", "As though she needs no gift the world can show." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.47.60" }, { "ref": "B9.47.83", "lines": [ "But since you left, my heart has grieved for you;", "Come with Farangis; let delight ensue." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.47.83" }, { "ref": "B9.49.6", "lines": [ "You summoned Farangis, your daughter dear,", "And filled your heart with love and faith sincere." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.49.6" }, { "ref": "B9.50.6", "lines": [ "Siavash sought Farangis in her room,", "His body trembling, face bereft of bloom." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.50.6" }, { "ref": "B9.50.7", "lines": [ "Then Farangis cried out, “O lion bold,", "Why has your face grown pale, your color cold?”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.50.7" }, { "ref": "B9.50.11", "lines": [ "Then Farangis in grief tore at her hair,", "And gashed her cheeks in anguish and despair." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.50.11" }, { "ref": "B9.51.2", "lines": [ "Upon the fourth night, as he slept in bed,", "Fair Farangis lay resting at his head." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.51.2" }, { "ref": "B9.51.22", "lines": [ "Then Farangis cried out: “O king, take heed;", "Think not of us, but mount your swiftest steed." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.51.22" }, { "ref": "B9.52.1", "lines": [ "He said to Farangis: “My dream proves true;", "My water darkens as my fate comes due." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.52.1" }, { "ref": "B9.54.1", "lines": [ "The news reached Farangis; her cheek she tore,", "A bloodied zunnar round her waist she wore." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.54.1" }, { "ref": "B9.54.41", "lines": [ "Within the lofty palace, out of view,", "There stood a room Farangis never knew." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.54.41" }, { "ref": "B9.55.41", "lines": [ "The servants tore their hair in wild despair,", "And Farangis cut through her perfumed hair." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.55.41" }, { "ref": "B9.55.61", "lines": [ "Meanwhile Farangis from the throne was torn,", "Her body like a tree in tempest borne." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.55.61" }, { "ref": "B9.56.5", "lines": [ "There by the gate he saw the guards of death,", "And Farangis dragged on with failing breath." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.56.5" }, { "ref": "B9.56.10", "lines": [ "To strike down Farangis in such a way", "Will break the crown and sweep its rule away.”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.56.10" }, { "ref": "B9.56.12", "lines": [ "When Farangis beheld him through her fears,", "Her moon-bright face was lost in blood and tears." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.56.12" }, { "ref": "B9.56.33", "lines": [ "If you would grant me peace, then hear my plea,", "Entrust Farangis and leave her with me." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.56.33" }, { "ref": "B9.56.38", "lines": [ "He freed Farangis from the guards’ array,", "And sharply drove the murderous men away." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.56.38" }, { "ref": "B9.56.40", "lines": [ "Once home, to Golshahr Piran whispered low:", "“Keep Farangis concealed, and let none know." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.56.40" }, { "ref": "B9.57.7", "lines": [ "He said: “Arise, delay no moment more;", "Attend on Farangis and seek her door." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.57.7" }, { "ref": "B9.60.10", "lines": [ "When Farangis and Khosrow reached the gate,", "The people gathered there from every state." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.60.10" }, { "ref": "B10.10.24", "lines": [ "He ran to Farangis and spoke in dismay:", "“The king commands; I cannot disobey." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.10.24" }, { "ref": "B10.18.5", "lines": [ "When heart and reason steadied from their fear,", "They brought Farangis to their counsel near." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.18.5" }, { "ref": "B10.19.32", "lines": [ "They came to Farangis, and what they said", "Was all about the long road stretched ahead." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.19.32" }, { "ref": "B10.19.34", "lines": [ "When Farangis beheld the noble steed,", "Her wounded heart began once more to bleed." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.19.34" }, { "ref": "B10.20.2", "lines": [ "Fair Farangis placed a helmet on her head,", "Then all three mounted, and like wind they sped." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.20.2" }, { "ref": "B10.20.6", "lines": [ "He found the prince, and he has fled our ground,", "With Khosrow and Farangis, homeward bound.”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.20.6" }, { "ref": "B10.20.13", "lines": [ "Set Giv’s head high upon a lifted spear;", "Beneath the dust make Farangis disappear." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.20.13" }, { "ref": "B10.20.17", "lines": [ "Meanwhile Khosrow and Farangis both lay,", "Exhausted from their long and weary way." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.20.17" }, { "ref": "B10.22.12", "lines": [ "Across the bank lay Khosrow, Giv asleep,", "While Farangis alone the watch did keep." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.22.12" }, { "ref": "B10.25.2", "lines": [ "Fair Farangis stood weeping at his side,", "And cursed Afrasiab, tears she could not hide." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.25.2" }, { "ref": "B10.25.27", "lines": [ "Then Farangis and Khosrow both embraced", "The chief with love, as parting now they faced." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.25.27" }, { "ref": "B10.26.12", "lines": [ "One man alone exhausted all our band;", "Then Giv, the Shah, and Farangis left the land.”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.26.12" }, { "ref": "B10.26.35", "lines": [ "He raised his sword to end my life in shame,", "But Farangis stepped forth and stayed his aim." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.26.35" }, { "ref": "B10.26.48", "lines": [ "Farangis, once she falls within my sight,", "Shall find her world grown narrow, dark as night." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.26.48" }, { "ref": "B10.26.50", "lines": [ "If Khosrow seeks Iran beyond our reign,", "What does Farangis hope, with him, to gain?”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.26.50" }, { "ref": "B10.28.16", "lines": [ "With Giv and Farangis close at his side,", "All three passed through the swelling waters wide." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.28.16" }, { "ref": "B10.30.51", "lines": [ "A rich retreat for Farangis was made,", "With golden torque and earrings there displayed." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.30.51" }, { "ref": "B10.30.56", "lines": [ "The women all blessed Farangis in prayer:", "“May time and earth preserve you in their care.”" ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.30.56" }, { "ref": "B12.23.16", "lines": [ "When Farangis opened wide her royal store,", "And gave me arms and belts in days before," ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.23.16" }, { "ref": "B13.5.9", "lines": [ "He said: “I showed all kindness from the start", "To Farangis and Khosrow from my heart." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b13/#B13.5.9" }, { "ref": "B13.16.66", "lines": [ "The marriage contract then was drawn and read;", "Farangis joined with Fariborz to wed." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b13/#B13.16.66" }, { "ref": "B14.5.36", "lines": [ "I risked my life when Farangis faced death;", "Her father meant to take her final breath." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b14/#B14.5.36" }, { "ref": "B14.7.13", "lines": [ "His words and deeds had saved our Shah from death,", "And freed Farangis from the Dragon’s breath." ], "matches": [ "Farangis" ], "url": "/poem/b14/#B14.7.13" } ] }, { "id": "women-faranak_abtin", "display_name": "Faranak · mother of Fereydoon", "website_name": "Faranak", "aliases": [ "Faranak" ], "scope": "A5,A6", "identity_note": "Separate from Barzin’s daughter of the same name.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 5, "proposed_title": "Mothers and the Crown", "name_occurrences": 5, "named_couplets": 5, "named_sections": 3, "first_name_ref": "A5.3.15", "last_name_ref": "A6.1.15", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A5.3.15", "lines": [ "When Faranak, his wise and faithful wife,", "Beheld the ruin of her husband’s life," ], "matches": [ "Faranak" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.3.15" }, { "ref": "A5.3.26", "lines": [ "The tale of that rare cow had reached the king,", "And Faranak felt dread’s returning sting." ], "matches": [ "Faranak" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.3.26" }, { "ref": "A5.5.78", "lines": [ "He placed the Kay cap firmly on his head,", "Then sought his mother, Faranak, and said:" ], "matches": [ "Faranak" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.5.78" }, { "ref": "A5.5.81", "lines": [ "Tears from Faranak’s lashes fell like rain;", "Her heart ran blood with mingled fear and pain." ], "matches": [ "Faranak" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.5.81" }, { "ref": "A6.1.15", "lines": [ "Now Faranak knew nothing of her son,", "Nor that Zahhak’s long sovereignty was done." ], "matches": [ "Faranak" ], "url": "/poem/a6/#A6.1.15" } ] }, { "id": "women-jarireh", "display_name": "Jarireh", "website_name": "Jarireh", "aliases": [ "Jarireh" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 5, "proposed_title": "Mothers and the Crown", "name_occurrences": 12, "named_couplets": 12, "named_sections": 7, "first_name_ref": "B9.34.18", "last_name_ref": "B12.13.21", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B9.34.18", "lines": [ "Yet Jarireh, my eldest, leads them all;", "No beauty can compare within the hall." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.34.18" }, { "ref": "B9.34.21", "lines": [ "Jarireh pleases me past all the rest;", "No kinship dearer lies within my breast." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.34.21" }, { "ref": "B9.34.25", "lines": [ "He said: “Prepare Jarireh for the day,", "For Siavash and his farr without delay." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.34.25" }, { "ref": "B9.35.6", "lines": [ "Though Jarireh is fair and pleased you well,", "And though you chose her, and with her would dwell," ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.35.6" }, { "ref": "B9.37.7", "lines": [ "For Piran’s daughter was already bride,", "Jarireh, heart and soul, stood at his side." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.7" }, { "ref": "B9.45.6", "lines": [ "Jarireh, mother of the noble boy,", "Chief of exalted women, stood with joy." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.45.6" }, { "ref": "B12.3.13", "lines": [ "Jarireh watched from high upon the wall,", "And saw the dust-cloud over Charam fall." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.3.13" }, { "ref": "B12.3.18", "lines": [ "Jarireh answered: “Warrior, may your days", "Be fortunate beneath Heaven’s bright gaze." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.3.18" }, { "ref": "B12.3.41", "lines": [ "Jarireh answered: “In the dust below", "Two mighty riders you will come to know:" ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.3.41" }, { "ref": "B12.12.4", "lines": [ "Then Jarireh lay upon her honored bed,", "While night with grief and pain together spread." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.12.4" }, { "ref": "B12.13.2", "lines": [ "Jarireh kindled fire with her own hands,", "And burned the treasures gathered through the lands." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.13.2" }, { "ref": "B12.13.21", "lines": [ "But when they reached the throne where Forood lay,", "Jarireh lay beside him, cold and gray." ], "matches": [ "Jarireh" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.13.21" } ] }, { "id": "women-humai_bahman", "display_name": "Homahyi Chehrzad · queen, daughter of Bahman", "website_name": "Homahyi / Chehrzad", "aliases": [ "Homahyi", "Chehrzad" ], "scope": "D1,D2,D3", "identity_note": "Also called Chehrzad. A different woman from Goshtasb’s daughter Homahyi, and not the male mobad Humayi of D10.19.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 5, "proposed_title": "Mothers and the Crown", "name_occurrences": 17, "named_couplets": 17, "named_sections": 9, "first_name_ref": "D1.5.2", "last_name_ref": "D3.4.36", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D1.5.2", "lines": [ "He had a daughter, Homahyi the wise,", "Accomplished, prudent, lovely in all eyes. " ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d1/#D1.5.2" }, { "ref": "D1.5.3", "lines": [ "They called her Chehrzad, wondrous to his sight;", "Her father looked upon her with delight." ], "matches": [ "Chehrzad" ], "url": "/poem/d1/#D1.5.3" }, { "ref": "D1.5.5", "lines": [ "Fair Homahyi, bright as the moon at night,", "Conceived a child by Bahman, lord of might." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d1/#D1.5.5" }, { "ref": "D1.5.7", "lines": [ "Oppressed by pain, the king could scarcely stand;", "He called Homahyi near at his command." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d1/#D1.5.7" }, { "ref": "D1.5.9", "lines": [ "He said, “This chaste Chehrzad has had to bear", "A life with little joy to ease her care." ], "matches": [ "Chehrzad" ], "url": "/poem/d1/#D1.5.9" }, { "ref": "D1.5.23", "lines": [ "Now I return to Homahyi’s domain,", "When Bahman died and left to her the reign." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d1/#D1.5.23" }, { "ref": "D2.1.3", "lines": [ "Fair Homahyi then set the crown in place,", "And gave the realm new customs by her grace." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d2/#D2.1.3" }, { "ref": "D2.1.32", "lines": [ "They bore it from Homahyi, out of sight,", "And cast it in Farat that very night." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d2/#D2.1.32" }, { "ref": "D2.3.28", "lines": [ "News reached Homahyi of the Roman band,", "And how its troops had stepped upon her land." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d2/#D2.3.28" }, { "ref": "D2.3.34", "lines": [ "Queen Homahyi left her palace gate,", "With frontier lords whose wisdom lent them weight." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d2/#D2.3.34" }, { "ref": "D2.6.12", "lines": [ "Then Rashnavad took pen and scroll in hand,", "And wrote to Homahyi across the land:" ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d2/#D2.6.12" }, { "ref": "D2.7.22", "lines": [ "Then Homahyi prayed over her young heir:", "“While earth endures, may you the crown still wear.”" ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d2/#D2.7.22" }, { "ref": "D2.7.27", "lines": [ "Homahyi then revealed what she had done,", "And all the anguish suffered for her son." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d2/#D2.7.27" }, { "ref": "D3.1.7", "lines": [ "Of pure-minded lords and Darab’s renown,", "And Homahyi’s ways and counsel for the crown?" ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.1.7" }, { "ref": "D3.2.12", "lines": [ "The fleeing men had left them, every one,", "To Darab, king of earth, Homahyi’s son." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.2.12" }, { "ref": "D3.3.3", "lines": [ "A letter told him, “Homahyi’s son is near;", "His countless ranks have marched to meet you here.”" ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.3.3" }, { "ref": "D3.4.36", "lines": [ "Darab, Homahyi’s son, began to fade;", "The other world called him into its shade." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.4.36" } ] }, { "id": "women-manijeh", "display_name": "Manijeh", "website_name": "Manijeh", "aliases": [ "Manijeh" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 6, "proposed_title": "Desire and Its Price", "name_occurrences": 28, "named_couplets": 28, "named_sections": 11, "first_name_ref": "C2.4.28", "last_name_ref": "C2.26.17", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "C2.4.28", "lines": [ "Manijeh, Afrasiab’s daughter bright,", "Will make the garden blaze with solar light." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.4.28" }, { "ref": "C2.5.4", "lines": [ "Soon Gorgin heard Manijeh had come near;", "The plain took color like a cock’s eye, clear." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.5.4" }, { "ref": "C2.5.37", "lines": [ "She gave Manijeh’s message clear and true;", "Both Bijan’s cheeks like roses opening grew." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.5.37" }, { "ref": "C2.5.50", "lines": [ "When Bijan spoke, the nurse turned back and went,", "And to Manijeh’s ear the secret sent:" ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.5.50" }, { "ref": "C2.6.2", "lines": [ "On foot he paced toward Manijeh’s tent,", "The free-souled girl’s, and all on longing bent." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.6.2" }, { "ref": "C2.6.4", "lines": [ "Manijeh came and clasped him to her breast,", "And loosed the royal girdle from her guest." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.6.4" }, { "ref": "C2.7.5", "lines": [ "Manijeh, seeing Bijan’s face gone dim,", "Called her attendants once again to him." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.7.5" }, { "ref": "C2.7.19", "lines": [ "Manijeh said to him: “Keep your heart glad,", "And count as wind the things you have not had." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.7.19" }, { "ref": "C2.7.34", "lines": [ "Confounded by Manijeh’s deed and shame,", "He called the marshal Kurukhan by name." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.7.34" }, { "ref": "C2.8.51", "lines": [ "No guilt in this was ever mine, not one;", "Nor is Manijeh stained in what was done." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.8.51" }, { "ref": "C2.10.8", "lines": [ "Then leave him there to madness, grief, and night,", "And ride to Manijeh’s palace in your might." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.10.8" }, { "ref": "C2.10.22", "lines": [ "Manijeh was left bare, without a veil,", "Barefoot, bareheaded, and her face grown pale." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.10.22" }, { "ref": "C2.10.25", "lines": [ "Manijeh stayed, with anguish in her breast,", "And blood-drops on her cheeks, and found no rest." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.10.25" }, { "ref": "C2.10.26", "lines": [ "He turned away; Manijeh, bride of woe,", "Roamed through the plain with nowhere else to go." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.10.26" }, { "ref": "C2.10.28", "lines": [ "When from the mountain’s crest the sun raised head,", "Manijeh went from door to door for bread." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.10.28" }, { "ref": "C2.22.1", "lines": [ "News reached Manijeh of the caravan;", "To seek the merchant, into town she ran." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.22.1" }, { "ref": "C2.22.20", "lines": [ "Manijeh looked at Rostam, and she wept;", "Across her breast the blood-red tear-streams swept." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.22.20" }, { "ref": "C2.22.36", "lines": [ "I am Manijeh, Afrasiab’s child, whose face", "No sun had seen unveiled in any place." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.22.36" }, { "ref": "C2.23.1", "lines": [ "Manijeh hurried to the pit and pressed", "The dishes that she carried to her breast." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.23.1" }, { "ref": "C2.23.6", "lines": [ "Manijeh said: “Among the caravan", "There is a merchant, a widely known man." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.23.6" }, { "ref": "C2.23.17", "lines": [ "He laughed in royal gladness from the pit,", "Until Manijeh heard, amazed by it." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.23.17" }, { "ref": "C2.23.27", "lines": [ "Manijeh heard and wept in bitter woe:", "“What further grief can cruel fortune show?" ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.23.27" }, { "ref": "C2.23.43", "lines": [ "Manijeh sped away with urgent speed,", "And bore to Rostam Bijan’s secret need." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.23.43" }, { "ref": "C2.23.53", "lines": [ "Manijeh heard him, and her heart grew light;", "Her sorrows fled, her joy put grief to flight." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.23.53" }, { "ref": "C2.23.76", "lines": [ "Manijeh rushed for wood; with eager tread", "She climbed like birds where spreading branches led." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.23.76" }, { "ref": "C2.24.49", "lines": [ "Then Rostam told Bijan, “Take now the road", "With Ashkash and Manijeh and the load." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.24.49" }, { "ref": "C2.25.36", "lines": [ "Manijeh sat within a tent, and near", "A servant stood, her wishes there to hear." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.25.36" }, { "ref": "C2.26.17", "lines": [ "He sent Manijeh onward with the train,", "Then donned his battle dress to face the plain." ], "matches": [ "Manijeh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.26.17" } ] }, { "id": "women-golnar", "display_name": "Golnar", "website_name": "Golnar", "aliases": [ "Golnar" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 6, "proposed_title": "Desire and Its Price", "name_occurrences": 11, "named_couplets": 11, "named_sections": 2, "first_name_ref": "D6.5.2", "last_name_ref": "D6.6.29", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D6.5.2", "lines": [ "Her name was Golnar, favorite by far,", "Moon-faced, jewel-bright, sweet-scented as a star." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.5.2" }, { "ref": "D6.5.28", "lines": [ "He sent them to Golnar, to watch the skies,", "And read what fate the turning stars devise." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.5.28" }, { "ref": "D6.5.40", "lines": [ "When night was black as pitch, Golnar drew near,", "And came into the presence of Ardeshir." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.5.40" }, { "ref": "D6.5.63", "lines": [ "He saw Golnar, and saw the jewels she bore;", "The ruddy dinars gleamed among her store." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.5.63" }, { "ref": "D6.5.70", "lines": [ "Ardavan found no pleasure or delight", "Unless fair Golnar stood within his sight." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.5.70" }, { "ref": "D6.5.71", "lines": [ "Upon his brocade couch he chose to stay", "Till Golnar’s face brought fortune to his day." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.5.71" }, { "ref": "D6.5.73", "lines": [ "His anger rose, and grief disturbed his breast;", "By Golnar’s absence, he grew more distressed." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.5.73" }, { "ref": "D6.6.1", "lines": [ "The monarch asked his servants, “Why today", "Does Golnar shun her duties, stay away?" ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.6.1" }, { "ref": "D6.6.18", "lines": [ "Swift as the wind Ardeshir and Golnar sped,", "Without a pause, by fear and fortune led." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.6.18" }, { "ref": "D6.6.21", "lines": [ "Still riding, he said, “Golnar, you and I", "Are joined to hardship as we onward fly." ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.6.21" }, { "ref": "D6.6.29", "lines": [ "Ardeshir heard and told Golnar, “They speak", "Good sense; now let us ride, and safety seek.”" ], "matches": [ "Golnar" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.6.29" } ] }, { "id": "women-katayun", "display_name": "Katayun", "website_name": "Katayun / Nahid", "aliases": [ "Katayun", "Nahid" ], "scope": "Katayun_or_C6.2_Nahid", "identity_note": "Katayun is called Nahid in C6.2.18; this is not Darab’s Roman bride or the planet Venus.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 7, "proposed_title": "The Woman Who Chose a King", "name_occurrences": 24, "named_couplets": 23, "named_sections": 11, "first_name_ref": "C5.7.9", "last_name_ref": "C8.29.39", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "C5.7.9", "lines": [ "The eldest was the princess Katayun,", "Bright-hearted, wise, and lovely as the moon." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.7.9" }, { "ref": "C5.7.18", "lines": [ "Then Katayun came with her maiden band,", "With sixty girls, a bouquet in her hand." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.7.18" }, { "ref": "C5.7.29", "lines": [ "The chamber-servants entered, swift and fleet,", "Then Katayun came with her rosy suite." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.7.29" }, { "ref": "C5.8.4", "lines": [ "He spoke to noble Katayun in pain:", "“You have been sheltered from all want and strain." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.8.4" }, { "ref": "C5.8.8", "lines": [ "But Katayun replied, “O doubting heart,", "Do not rage at the sky or fortune’s part." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.8.8" }, { "ref": "C5.8.14", "lines": [ "Now Katayun had gems in ample store,", "With ornaments and jewels more and more." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.8.14" }, { "ref": "C5.8.26", "lines": [ "He ate and rested, then rose up that day,", "And went to Katayun without delay." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.8.26" }, { "ref": "C5.9.5", "lines": [ "Katayun and that man of low estate", "Have made me close to such a match the gate." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.9.5" }, { "ref": "C5.9.25", "lines": [ "He knew of Katayun, the royal maid,", "And of the bond with Goshtasb she had made." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.9.25" }, { "ref": "C5.10.53", "lines": [ "He turned for home; when he approached the door,", "Katayun came to greet him as before." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.10.53" }, { "ref": "C5.10.61", "lines": [ "Then Katayun asked him, “What troubles you,", "That terror shakes your heart the long night through?”" ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.10.61" }, { "ref": "C5.10.68", "lines": [ "Katayun answered, “Speak no foolish word,", "Nor rashly act upon what you have stirred." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.10.68" }, { "ref": "C5.12.37", "lines": [ "Then glad at heart, he left that place behind,", "And sought Katayun with a joyful mind." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.12.37" }, { "ref": "C5.13.5", "lines": [ "At length came Katayun, with queenly grace,", "And found Goshtasb with sorrow on his face." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.13.5" }, { "ref": "C5.13.34", "lines": [ "He treated Katayun with bitter shame", "Because she chose a stranger with no name." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.13.34" }, { "ref": "C5.13.42", "lines": [ "Where is my dear Katayun? Tell me now.", "She has just cause to blame me, I avow.”" ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.13.42" }, { "ref": "C5.13.48", "lines": [ "When Katayun beheld her father stand,", "She came before him, hand laid over hand." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.13.48" }, { "ref": "C5.18.44", "lines": [ "He sent to Katayun abundant gold,", "A crown, five rubies, treasures manifold," ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.18.44" }, { "ref": "C5.18.54", "lines": [ "Then Katayun arrived, and from the court", "The royal tabira rang its report." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.18.54" }, { "ref": "C6.2.18", "lines": [ "At length Nahid, illustrious Caesar’s child,", "Whom Goshtasb named Katayun, bright and mild," ], "matches": [ "Katayun", "Nahid" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.2.18" }, { "ref": "C8.1.3", "lines": [ "His mother Katayun, of Caesar’s race,", "Had held him closely in her warm embrace." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.1.3" }, { "ref": "C8.4.1", "lines": [ "Much moved, with tearful cheeks, Katayun came", "Before her glorious son and spoke his name." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.4.1" }, { "ref": "C8.29.39", "lines": [ "They stroked its mane and breast with loving care;", "And Katayun wept blood upon its hair." ], "matches": [ "Katayun" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.29.39" } ] }, { "id": "women-gordyeh", "display_name": "Gurdiyeh", "website_name": "Gurdiyeh", "aliases": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Gordvi, her brother, is a separate man.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 8, "proposed_title": "Power Among the Ruins", "name_occurrences": 26, "named_couplets": 26, "named_sections": 9, "first_name_ref": "E5.24.29", "last_name_ref": "E6.50.8", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "E5.24.29", "lines": [ "Fair Gurdiyeh, endowed with noble grace,", "Whom Bahram cherished for her mind and face." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e5/#E5.24.29" }, { "ref": "E5.24.35", "lines": [ "Then Gurdiyeh addressed the warrior train:", "“Illustrious men, why hold your tongues in chain?" ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e5/#E5.24.35" }, { "ref": "E5.24.78", "lines": [ "But Gurdiyeh answered nothing in that hour;", "His counsel seemed to her a poisoned flower." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e5/#E5.24.78" }, { "ref": "E5.24.153", "lines": [ "Then Gurdiyeh said, “The Black Div spreads his snare;", "Destroy us not through boasting filled with air." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e5/#E5.24.153" }, { "ref": "E6.37.77", "lines": [ "Gurdiyeh came in anguish to his bed;", "She tore her locks; her lap received his head." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.37.77" }, { "ref": "E6.37.113", "lines": [ "Obey Gurdiyeh; let her counsel guide;", "A wiser counsel walks not by your side." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.37.113" }, { "ref": "E6.40.15", "lines": [ "This letter to his sister you shall take,", "To noble Gurdiyeh; speak for my sake:" ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.40.15" }, { "ref": "E6.42.1", "lines": [ "Some men deserted from Gurdiyeh’s force,", "And sought the Khan’s protection on their course." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.42.1" }, { "ref": "E6.42.21", "lines": [ "Then Gurdiyeh came forth in armor bright,", "Clad like a warrior ready for the fight." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.42.21" }, { "ref": "E6.45.14", "lines": [ "Now Gordvi came and stood before the Shah,", "And told what Gurdiyeh had achieved afar." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.45.14" }, { "ref": "E6.45.18", "lines": [ "He heard Gurdiyeh with many troops had fled,", "While Chin’s fierce chiefs pursued the path she led." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.45.18" }, { "ref": "E6.45.21", "lines": [ "When Gurdiyeh heard, she came with noble train,", "From Amuy, with her chiefs across the plain." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.45.21" }, { "ref": "E6.45.22", "lines": [ "Gostaham saw them, rode before his men,", "And met Gurdiyeh in sorrow there again." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.45.22" }, { "ref": "E6.45.37", "lines": [ "He spoke to Gurdiyeh with words of heat,", "Recalling Bahram’s deeds, his every feat." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.45.37" }, { "ref": "E6.45.38", "lines": [ "His words made Gurdiyeh’s troubled spirit shake;", "She felt her former strength begin to break." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.45.38" }, { "ref": "E6.46.2", "lines": [ "One day he said to Gordvi, “So I hear", "That Gostaham has drawn Gurdiyeh near." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.46.2" }, { "ref": "E6.46.3", "lines": [ "He took Gurdiyeh to wife; great troops now stand", "Beside him, drawn, I think, by what she planned." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.46.3" }, { "ref": "E6.46.7", "lines": [ "Then Shah and Gordvi sat, the chamber bare,", "And weighed Gurdiyeh’s part in each affair." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.46.7" }, { "ref": "E6.46.10", "lines": [ "Though Bahram Chubin once had gone astray,", "Gurdiyeh never turned from us away." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.46.10" }, { "ref": "E6.46.29", "lines": [ "Your message must reach Gurdiyeh’s prudent ear;", "There is no need for further counsel here.”" ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.46.29" }, { "ref": "E6.46.44", "lines": [ "She rode toward the elm wood, on her way", "To Gurdiyeh, with all she had to say." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.46.44" }, { "ref": "E6.46.45", "lines": [ "When Gurdiyeh saw her, she grew fresh as spring;", "Her cheeks regained the bloom that hope could bring." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.46.45" }, { "ref": "E6.47.23", "lines": [ "He sought Gurdiyeh’s hand to make her bride,", "Then bade the Mobad wed them by old rite." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.47.23" }, { "ref": "E6.48.10", "lines": [ "Gurdiyeh neared the Shah and asked a Turk", "For jowshan, Roman helm, for battle’s work." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.48.10" }, { "ref": "E6.48.32", "lines": [ "Gurdiyeh heard with joy; the taunts that stung", "Were silenced, and reproach had lost its tongue." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.48.32" }, { "ref": "E6.50.8", "lines": [ "Then clever Gurdiyeh brought a kitten near,", "So like a child the creature did appear." ], "matches": [ "Gurdiyeh" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.50.8" } ] }, { "id": "women-purandokht", "display_name": "Poorandokht", "website_name": "Poorandokht", "aliases": [ "Poorandokht" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 8, "proposed_title": "Power Among the Ruins", "name_occurrences": 2, "named_couplets": 2, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "E9.4.1", "last_name_ref": "E9.4.19", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "E9.4.1", "lines": [ "Poorandokht was her name; when she ascended,", "To heal the realm her royal care extended." ], "matches": [ "Poorandokht" ], "url": "/poem/e9/#E9.4.1" }, { "ref": "E9.4.19", "lines": [ "Poorandokht ruled the world with gentle hand;", "No harsh wind lifted dust across the land." ], "matches": [ "Poorandokht" ], "url": "/poem/e9/#E9.4.19" } ] }, { "id": "women-azarmidokht", "display_name": "Azarmidokht", "website_name": "Azarmidokht", "aliases": [ "Azarmidokht" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 8, "proposed_title": "Power Among the Ruins", "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "E9.5.1", "last_name_ref": "E9.5.1", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "E9.5.1", "lines": [ "Another lady, Azarmidokht by name,", "Assumed the crown and rose to royal fame." ], "matches": [ "Azarmidokht" ], "url": "/poem/e9/#E9.5.1" } ] }, { "id": "women-shirin", "display_name": "Shirin", "website_name": "Shirin", "aliases": [ "Shirin" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 9, "proposed_title": "Love and the Reckoning", "name_occurrences": 30, "named_couplets": 30, "named_sections": 9, "first_name_ref": "E6.48.9", "last_name_ref": "E8.6.93", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "E6.48.9", "lines": [ "Before them Shirin walked, bright as the dawn,", "A silver cypress moving on the lawn." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.48.9" }, { "ref": "E6.48.17", "lines": [ "Then Shirin said, “Why arm her so, O king?", "Her brother’s death may give her wrath its wing." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.48.17" }, { "ref": "E6.48.20", "lines": [ "The Shah laughed, answering Shirin with a smile:", "“Expect her friendship, free of hate or guile.”" ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.48.20" }, { "ref": "E7.1.1", "lines": [ "Now I resume the histories of old,", "Of Shirin’s love and Khosrow’s reign retold." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.1.1" }, { "ref": "E7.2.2", "lines": [ "Shirin was then his mate, his living light,", "Dear as the pupils shining in his sight." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.2.2" }, { "ref": "E7.2.30", "lines": [ "When Shirin heard, “The mighty Shah is near,", "Before his army, coming toward us here,”" ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.2.30" }, { "ref": "E7.2.40", "lines": [ "Where is that love, that flood of tears you bore,", "Which seeing Shirin healed in days before?" ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.2.40" }, { "ref": "E7.2.51", "lines": [ "From his bower Shirin came, her love expressed;", "She kissed his feet, the ground, and then his breast." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.2.51" }, { "ref": "E7.3.2", "lines": [ "They heard, “Shirin is in the royal bower;", "The old affair has gained its former power.”" ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.3.2" }, { "ref": "E7.3.18", "lines": [ "If Shirin only left the royal sight,", "Your face would fill the courts and world with light." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.3.18" }, { "ref": "E7.3.40", "lines": [ "Khosrow replied, “Shirin, within this town,", "Was like that bowl when foulness weighed it down." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.3.40" }, { "ref": "E7.4.3", "lines": [ "Because of her, Shirin grew sick with pain,", "Her cheeks were pale with envy’s inward stain." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.4.3" }, { "ref": "E7.4.5", "lines": [ "No person knew the trick Shirin had played,", "For in her heart alone the plot was laid." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.4.5" }, { "ref": "E7.4.6", "lines": [ "A year had passed since Maryam died; his fair", "Gold chambers then he gave to Shirin’s care." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.4.6" }, { "ref": "E7.10.139", "lines": [ "Khosrow lay sleeping, Shirin by his side;", "She heard the watchmen’s cry and shook inside." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.10.139" }, { "ref": "E7.10.149", "lines": [ "Then Shirin said, “The destined hour is here;", "Our foes have mastered all our guile, I fear." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.10.149" }, { "ref": "E8.2.34", "lines": [ "I sealed it, then to Shirin gave the same,", "To keep the secret of your star and name." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.2.34" }, { "ref": "E8.2.52", "lines": [ "I read it, pondering each warning deep,", "Then gave the letter to Shirin to keep." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.2.52" }, { "ref": "E8.2.53", "lines": [ "In Shirin’s keeping lie the letter sealed,", "And horoscope that once your fate revealed." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.2.53" }, { "ref": "E8.3.23", "lines": [ "From Shirin’s loving hand alone he fed,", "While on her breast she wept with grief and dread." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.3.23" }, { "ref": "E8.6.1", "lines": [ "Now Khosrow’s tale is told; hear what befell", "Shiruyeh and Shirin, whose end I tell." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.1" }, { "ref": "E8.6.3", "lines": [ "Shiruyeh dispatched a messenger to say", "To Shirin, “Wicked sorceress, come away." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.3" }, { "ref": "E8.6.7", "lines": [ "Shirin grew furious at his foul abuse;", "Such vile and senseless words had no excuse." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.7" }, { "ref": "E8.6.23", "lines": [ "Shirin, on hearing this, was filled with pain;", "She writhed as pallor spread its ashen stain." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.23" }, { "ref": "E8.6.32", "lines": [ "Shirin replied, “First grant me justice; then", "My life is yours before these noblemen." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.32" }, { "ref": "E8.6.38", "lines": [ "Then Shirin turned toward Iran’s chiefs in hall,", "The gathered nobles, elders, one and all." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.38" }, { "ref": "E8.6.46", "lines": [ "Then Shirin said, “O lords of honored name,", "Three things bring women honor and acclaim." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.46" }, { "ref": "E8.6.61", "lines": [ "When Shiruyeh saw Shirin’s face unveiled,", "His spirit fled him, and his senses failed." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.61" }, { "ref": "E8.6.87", "lines": [ "Then Shirin said, “This wretch, whom skies condemn,", "Has slain his father for the diadem." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.87" }, { "ref": "E8.6.93", "lines": [ "Her hearers sought the Shah, and there they told", "What they had heard from Shirin, pure and bold." ], "matches": [ "Shirin" ], "url": "/poem/e8/#E8.6.93" } ] }, { "id": "women-kaidafa", "display_name": "Kaydafa", "website_name": "Kaydafa", "aliases": [ "Kaydafa" ], "scope": "D5", "identity_note": "D5 is the queen. The name Kaydafa also denotes a city in D7; city matches are excluded.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 10, "proposed_title": "The Limits of Power", "name_occurrences": 26, "named_couplets": 26, "named_sections": 7, "first_name_ref": "D5.17.10", "last_name_ref": "D5.23.99", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D5.17.10", "lines": [ "World-seeking, generous, famed throughout the land,", "Kaydafa held the scepter of command." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.17.10" }, { "ref": "D5.17.19", "lines": [ "Kaydafa saw his likeness with a sigh,", "And hid it, troubled by what met her eye." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.17.19" }, { "ref": "D5.17.22", "lines": [ "Iskandar questioned Qaytun, “Tell me true:", "Who rivals Queen Kaydafa, in your view?”" ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.17.22" }, { "ref": "D5.18.3", "lines": [ "To wise Kaydafa, eminent of name,", "Whose majesty has won a world-wide fame." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.18.3" }, { "ref": "D5.19.2", "lines": [ "A month he marched with all his armed train,", "And reached Kaydafa’s border and domain." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.19.2" }, { "ref": "D5.19.9", "lines": [ "Kaydafa’s son was married in that town;", "He gladdened Faryan, wearer of its crown." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.19.9" }, { "ref": "D5.19.10", "lines": [ "For King Faryan had given him as bride", "His cherished child; Kaydafa swelled his pride." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.19.10" }, { "ref": "D5.19.23", "lines": [ "Call me before you as your envoy then,", "And speak of Queen Kaydafa once again." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.19.23" }, { "ref": "D5.19.32", "lines": [ "Qaydrush replied, “Hear what I have to say:", "I am Kaydafa’s son, held here today." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.19.32" }, { "ref": "D5.20.6", "lines": [ "They journeyed on with haste across the land,", "Toward Queen Kaydafa’s seat of high command." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.20.6" }, { "ref": "D5.20.7", "lines": [ "When Queen Kaydafa learned her son was near,", "She listened eagerly, intent to hear." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.20.7" }, { "ref": "D5.20.16", "lines": [ "When Queen Kaydafa heard her son’s account,", "Her heavy sorrow rose beyond all count." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.20.16" }, { "ref": "D5.20.35", "lines": [ "They set out trays of silver and of gold;", "Kaydafa’s honored name they first extolled." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.20.35" }, { "ref": "D5.20.45", "lines": [ "‘Tell pure Kaydafa: let your heart pursue", "No other path than what is straight and true." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.20.45" }, { "ref": "D5.20.52", "lines": [ "Kaydafa was enraged at what she heard;", "She found no cure but silence, not a word." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.20.52" }, { "ref": "D5.20.67", "lines": [ "Kaydafa smiled; his speech had pleased her well,", "And made her heart with fresh enjoyment swell." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.20.67" }, { "ref": "D5.20.75", "lines": [ "Kaydafa said: “Enough of this dispute;", "You are Iskandar; let your lips be mute." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.20.75" }, { "ref": "D5.21.1", "lines": [ "Kaydafa smiled to see his lion’s pride,", "And spoke with gentle wisdom at his side." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.21.1" }, { "ref": "D5.21.29", "lines": [ "Kaydafa said: “One thing I must declare:", "One warning now deserves your closest care." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.21.29" }, { "ref": "D5.21.41", "lines": [ "Horse-felling Taynush stood with Qaydrush near;", "To Kaydafa’s commands both lent an ear." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.21.41" }, { "ref": "D5.22.53", "lines": [ "Kaydafa heard Iskandar’s subtle speech,", "And grasped the hidden end he hoped to reach." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.22.53" }, { "ref": "D5.23.16", "lines": [ "Kaydafa marked the solemn words he swore,", "His honest pledge that war would rise no more." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.23.16" }, { "ref": "D5.23.65", "lines": [ "Taynush had all his men their steeds bestride,", "Then rode to court to stand by Kaydafa’s side." ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.23.65" }, { "ref": "D5.23.66", "lines": [ "They bade Kaydafa farewell: “May you stay", "A living thread in heaven’s bright array!”" ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.23.66" }, { "ref": "D5.23.93", "lines": [ "Kaydafa knew whose hand you held that day:", "The king’s own hand within your fingers lay.”" ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.23.93" }, { "ref": "D5.23.99", "lines": [ "Tell wise Kaydafa, ruler, keen of sight,", "Whose counsel sees the course of action right:" ], "matches": [ "Kaydafa" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.23.99" } ] }, { "id": "women-simorgh_guardian", "display_name": "The nurturing Simorgh", "website_name": "Simorgh", "aliases": [ "Simorgh" ], "scope": "not_C7", "identity_note": "Included as a principal figure in Book 10, classified separately from human women. The bird slain by Esfandiyar in C7 is excluded.", "kind": "female_mythic_guardian", "priority": "book_principal", "proposed_volume": 10, "proposed_title": "The Limits of Power", "name_occurrences": 46, "named_couplets": 46, "named_sections": 19, "first_name_ref": "A7.2.39", "last_name_ref": "D6.6.39", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A7.2.39", "lines": [ "The Simorgh there had built her lofty nest,", "Its home was far from every creature’s quest." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.2.39" }, { "ref": "A7.2.48", "lines": [ "When hunger seized the Simorgh’s waiting brood,", "She rose on mighty wings in search of food." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.2.48" }, { "ref": "A7.2.53", "lines": [ "God filled the Simorgh’s heart with pity mild;", "She lost all thought of feeding on the child." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.2.53" }, { "ref": "A7.2.58", "lines": [ "Blood dripped like tears from both the infant’s eyes;", "The Simorgh and her brood now heard his cries." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.2.58" }, { "ref": "A7.3.38", "lines": [ "Sahm stared at hard rock and the fearful nest;", "The Simorgh’s savage grandeur gripped his breast." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.38" }, { "ref": "A7.3.51", "lines": [ "The Simorgh gazed from Alborz’ lofty height,", "And saw Sahm’s company come into sight." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.51" }, { "ref": "A7.3.61", "lines": [ "Though never yet had human speech been heard,", "From Simorgh he had learned the spoken word." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.61" }, { "ref": "A7.3.62", "lines": [ "He spoke in Simorgh’s manner, clear and bold,", "Rich in deep wisdom and in knowledge old." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.62" }, { "ref": "A7.3.64", "lines": [ "Then Dastan asked the Simorgh, “Can it be", "You tire of my companionship and me?" ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.64" }, { "ref": "A7.3.67", "lines": [ "Simorgh said, “Behold the Kayanian state,", "And learn the royal customs of the great," ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.67" }, { "ref": "A7.3.80", "lines": [ "He bowed before the Simorgh to the ground,", "And joined his prayer with blessings all around:" ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.80" }, { "ref": "A7.3.84", "lines": [ "At once the Simorgh rose in upward flight;", "Sahm and his company watched her out of sight." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.84" }, { "ref": "A7.3.96", "lines": [ "Sahm named him Zal-e-Zar before them all;", "Dastan was what the Simorgh used to call." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.3.96" }, { "ref": "A7.4.30", "lines": [ "Then Shah asked of the Simorgh and the height,", "And why the honored child had known such plight." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.4.30" }, { "ref": "A7.4.33", "lines": [ "In time the tale spread out through every town;", "The names of Zal and Simorgh won renown." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.4.33" }, { "ref": "A7.4.37", "lines": [ "Within were Simorgh’s chicks and Zal beside;", "They seemed as peers together there allied." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.4.37" }, { "ref": "A7.4.50", "lines": [ "The Simorgh beat her wings and climbed the cloud,", "Then wheeled above my head in circles proud." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.4.50" }, { "ref": "A7.4.55", "lines": [ "My tongue broke into praise before the bird;", "I bowed to Simorgh, awed by what occurred." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.4.55" }, { "ref": "A7.6.9", "lines": [ "The Simorgh bore him to her mountain height,", "Yet Heaven never left him without light." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.6.9" }, { "ref": "A8.7.13", "lines": [ "The Simorgh bore me to an Indian height,", "Where I was fed apart from human sight." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.7.13" }, { "ref": "A8.16.17", "lines": [ "He may take wing like Simorgh through the sky,", "Then ask what answer I can give; and why.”" ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.16.17" }, { "ref": "A9.1.16", "lines": [ "Then suddenly a thought came to his mind:", "The Simorgh’s plume he once had left behind." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.16" }, { "ref": "A9.1.18", "lines": [ "A brazier blazed beneath his anxious stare;", "He burned the Simorgh’s feather in its flare." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.18" }, { "ref": "A9.1.44", "lines": [ "The Simorgh left; Zal took the plume she gave,", "And followed every counsel, calm and brave." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.1.44" }, { "ref": "A9.2.42", "lines": [ "A thousand blessings on the Simorgh’s name;", "For Yazdan showed her how the healing came." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/a9/#A9.2.42" }, { "ref": "B13.21.38", "lines": [ "But when the dark has sealed my watching eye,", "I will descend like Simorgh from the sky." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/b13/#B13.21.38" }, { "ref": "C2.11.59", "lines": [ "Its wing was Simorgh’s, and its hoof was steel,", "Its head and tail made Bijan’s Shabrang real." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.11.59" }, { "ref": "C2.18.19", "lines": [ "You stand between Iran and every ill,", "Like Simorgh wings outspread above us still." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.18.19" }, { "ref": "C8.14.7", "lines": [ "The Simorgh came, her wings spread out to fly;", "No noble bearing, no farr met her eye." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.14.7" }, { "ref": "C8.14.9", "lines": [ "Though hunger gnawed, the Simorgh’s scorn was plain;", "She held his body worthless, in disdain." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.14.9" }, { "ref": "C8.14.11", "lines": [ "In time the Simorgh came to love the child;", "And so the years passed by him in the wild." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.14.11" }, { "ref": "C8.24.29", "lines": [ "I know one remedy; let this be tried:", "I shall summon the Simorgh as our guide." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.24.29" }, { "ref": "C8.25.4", "lines": [ "He lit a censer’s fire amid the gloom,", "And burned a portion of the Simorgh’s plume." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.25.4" }, { "ref": "C8.25.10", "lines": [ "The Simorgh said, “O king, what grief or fear", "Has made you burn my plume to call me here?”" ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.25.10" }, { "ref": "C8.25.17", "lines": [ "The Simorgh said, “O Pahlevan, take heart;", "Let grief and fear from your worn soul depart." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.25.17" }, { "ref": "C8.25.36", "lines": [ "The Simorgh said, “O elephant in might,", "Most famed of all the warriors who fight," ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.25.36" }, { "ref": "C8.25.49", "lines": [ "The Simorgh said, “In love I now reveal", "The hidden doom that heaven’s signs conceal." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.25.49" }, { "ref": "C8.25.57", "lines": [ "He reached the sea; above him, all grew dim", "Beneath the Simorgh flying over him." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.25.57" }, { "ref": "C8.25.61", "lines": [ "She called him close and gently stroked his head;", "And then the knowing Simorgh spoke and said:" ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.25.61" }, { "ref": "C8.25.67", "lines": [ "The Simorgh still above his head remained,", "And guided him until his house was gained." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.25.67" }, { "ref": "C8.26.1", "lines": [ "The Simorgh bade farewell to Zal, allied", "As weft to warp, bound closely side by side." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.26.1" }, { "ref": "C8.27.12", "lines": [ "Then Rostam quickly fitted to his bow", "The shaft, as Simorgh taught, to strike his foe." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.27.12" }, { "ref": "C8.27.58", "lines": [ "This wood has brought my days to their last hour,", "Through Simorgh’s aid and Rostam’s cunning power." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.27.58" }, { "ref": "C8.28.16", "lines": [ "You were the pretext; father was my fate,", "Not Rostam, Simorgh, shaft, or bow of hate." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.28.16" }, { "ref": "C8.29.78", "lines": [ "Not Simorgh, Zal, or Rostam struck him dead;", "You killed him; cease these tears of grief you shed." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.29.78" }, { "ref": "D6.6.39", "lines": [ "With Simorgh’s wings and peacock’s tail it sped,", "With Rakhsh’s ears and hooves and mighty head." ], "matches": [ "Simorgh" ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.6.39" } ] }, { "id": "women-arnavaz", "display_name": "Arnavaz", "website_name": "Arnavaz", "aliases": [ "Arnavaz" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Jamshid’s daughter, in Zahhak and Fereydoon’s story.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 9, "named_couplets": 9, "named_sections": 5, "first_name_ref": "A5.1.8", "last_name_ref": "A6.2.3", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A5.1.8", "lines": [ "One, Shahrnaz, was veiled and passing fair;", "Chaste Arnavaz, her sister, formed the pair." ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.1.8" }, { "ref": "A5.2.2", "lines": [ "He slept one night beside Arnavaz fair,", "When dark foreboding filled the midnight air." ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.2.2" }, { "ref": "A5.2.14", "lines": [ "Arnavaz spoke: “O king, why this dismay?", "What dream has torn your peaceful sleep away?" ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.2.14" }, { "ref": "A5.2.19", "lines": [ "Arnavaz replied: “Let truth become clear;", "You must unfold the secret of your fear." ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.2.19" }, { "ref": "A5.7.26", "lines": [ "When Arnavaz these words had clearly heard,", "She grasped the truth and in her heart it stirred:" ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.7.26" }, { "ref": "A5.7.45", "lines": [ "Thus Arnavaz disclosed the hidden thread,", "While high-born Fereydoon heard all she said." ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.7.45" }, { "ref": "A5.8.6", "lines": [ "Shahrnaz, cypress-tall, sat at his right;", "Moon-faced Arnavaz shone, a beauty bright." ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.8.6" }, { "ref": "A5.8.40", "lines": [ "One hand now rests on fair Shahrnaz’s cheek;", "One brushes Arnavaz’s lips as they speak." ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.8.40" }, { "ref": "A6.2.3", "lines": [ "The youngest Arnavaz had brought to light,", "Fair-cheeked, radiant to his father’s sight." ], "matches": [ "Arnavaz" ], "url": "/poem/a6/#A6.2.3" } ] }, { "id": "women-shahrnaz", "display_name": "Shahrnaz", "website_name": "Shahrnaz", "aliases": [ "Shahrnaz" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Jamshid’s daughter. Do not confuse with Shahr-Banu.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 5, "named_couplets": 5, "named_sections": 4, "first_name_ref": "A5.1.8", "last_name_ref": "A6.2.2", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A5.1.8", "lines": [ "One, Shahrnaz, was veiled and passing fair;", "Chaste Arnavaz, her sister, formed the pair." ], "matches": [ "Shahrnaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.1.8" }, { "ref": "A5.8.6", "lines": [ "Shahrnaz, cypress-tall, sat at his right;", "Moon-faced Arnavaz shone, a beauty bright." ], "matches": [ "Shahrnaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.8.6" }, { "ref": "A5.8.40", "lines": [ "One hand now rests on fair Shahrnaz’s cheek;", "One brushes Arnavaz’s lips as they speak." ], "matches": [ "Shahrnaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.8.40" }, { "ref": "A5.9.17", "lines": [ "Below, young Fereydoon sat in his place,", "With Shahrnaz beside him, face to face." ], "matches": [ "Shahrnaz" ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.9.17" }, { "ref": "A6.2.2", "lines": [ "Two spotless sons from Shahrnaz were born,", "And with their grace the royal house adorned." ], "matches": [ "Shahrnaz" ], "url": "/poem/a6/#A6.2.2" } ] }, { "id": "women-arezu_yemen", "display_name": "Arezu · princess of Yemen", "website_name": "Arezu", "aliases": [ "Arezu" ], "scope": "A6", "identity_note": "Salm’s bride; separate from Mahiyar’s daughter.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "A6.6.42", "last_name_ref": "A6.6.42", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A6.6.42", "lines": [ "For Salm, fair Arezu became his bride,", "Her noble grace and beauty at his side." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/a6/#A6.6.42" } ] }, { "id": "women-mah_e_azadeh", "display_name": "Mah-e Azadeh · princess of Yemen", "website_name": "Mah-e Azadeh", "aliases": [ "Mah-e Azadeh" ], "scope": "A6", "identity_note": "Tur’s bride; not the Roman harpist Azadeh.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "A6.6.43", "last_name_ref": "A6.6.43", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A6.6.43", "lines": [ "Mah-e Azadeh, free in noble ways,", "Was joined to Tur, moon-bright before their gaze." ], "matches": [ "Mah-e Azadeh" ], "url": "/poem/a6/#A6.6.43" } ] }, { "id": "women-sahi", "display_name": "Sahi · princess of Yemen", "website_name": "Sahi", "aliases": [ "Sahi" ], "scope": "A6", "identity_note": "Iraj’s bride in A6.6.44. No alias is inferred with Mah-Afarid, introduced separately in A6.14.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "A6.6.44", "last_name_ref": "A6.6.44", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A6.6.44", "lines": [ "Fair Sahi went to Iraj, his to wed;", "Canopus bowed before her lovely head.”" ], "matches": [ "Sahi" ], "url": "/poem/a6/#A6.6.44" } ] }, { "id": "women-mah_afarid_iraj", "display_name": "Mah-Afarid · consort of Iraj", "website_name": "Mah-Afarid", "aliases": [ "Mah-Afarid", "Mah Afrid" ], "scope": "A6", "identity_note": "Introduced as a concubine/consort in A6.14; her daughter is Manuchehr’s mother. Kept separate from Sahi and later namesakes.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "A6.14.2", "last_name_ref": "A6.14.2", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A6.14.2", "lines": [ "Among the moon-faced women in that place,", "Mah-Afarid appeared, a maid of grace." ], "matches": [ "Mah-Afarid" ], "url": "/poem/a6/#A6.14.2" } ] }, { "id": "women-banu_gashasp", "display_name": "Banu Gashasp", "website_name": "Banu Gashasp", "aliases": [ "Banu Gashasp" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Rostam’s daughter and Giv’s wife; not Shahr-Banu.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 3, "named_couplets": 3, "named_sections": 3, "first_name_ref": "B10.15.35", "last_name_ref": "B10.29.21", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B10.15.35", "lines": [ "News reached Banu Gashasp without delay:", "Giv had prepared his horse to ride away." ], "matches": [ "Banu Gashasp" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.15.35" }, { "ref": "B10.23.31", "lines": [ "Banu Gashasp, his eldest child by name,", "A rider and a champion known to fame." ], "matches": [ "Banu Gashasp" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.23.31" }, { "ref": "B10.29.21", "lines": [ "Then Banu Gashasp rode forth with wealth in train,", "Fire-swift she hurried over road and plain." ], "matches": [ "Banu Gashasp" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.29.21" } ] }, { "id": "women-shahr_banu", "display_name": "Shahr-Banu", "website_name": "Shahr-Banu", "aliases": [ "Shahr-Banu" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Giv’s sister, said to be married to Rostam at B10.23.33.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "B10.23.33", "last_name_ref": "B10.23.33", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B10.23.33", "lines": [ "My sister too, the fair Shahr-Banu, wed", "Great Rostam; moon of women, so all said." ], "matches": [ "Shahr-Banu" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.23.33" } ] }, { "id": "women-golshahr", "display_name": "Golshahr", "website_name": "Golshahr", "aliases": [ "Golshahr" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Piran’s wife and Jarireh’s mother.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 13, "named_couplets": 13, "named_sections": 6, "first_name_ref": "B9.34.24", "last_name_ref": "B10.25.25", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B9.34.24", "lines": [ "When Piran left, he hurried from the hall,", "And told Golshahr what soon would them befall." ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.34.24" }, { "ref": "B9.34.27", "lines": [ "Golshahr then brought her daughter forward dressed,", "A coronet of gold adorned her crest." ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.34.27" }, { "ref": "B9.37.10", "lines": [ "He gave Golshahr the key to garments rare,", "And put the household stores beneath her care." ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.10" }, { "ref": "B9.37.22", "lines": [ "Golshahr and all her sisters came in sight,", "A golden ammari draped in diba bright." ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.22" }, { "ref": "B9.37.23", "lines": [ "Golshahr took ten thousand dinars then,", "And cast them out in largesse among men." ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.23" }, { "ref": "B9.37.25", "lines": [ "Golshahr kissed earth and cried before them all:", "“Now Venus joins the Sun within this hall.”" ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.25" }, { "ref": "B9.37.28", "lines": [ "When all was done, a message sped like smoke,", "And Piran sent to Golshahr as he spoke:" ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.37.28" }, { "ref": "B9.43.30", "lines": [ "Returning home, he spoke to Golshahr thus:", "“If one has never seen what gladdens us," ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.43.30" }, { "ref": "B9.56.40", "lines": [ "Once home, to Golshahr Piran whispered low:", "“Keep Farangis concealed, and let none know." ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.56.40" }, { "ref": "B9.57.6", "lines": [ "The chieftain woke and cast off slumber deep;", "Golshahr arose, awakened from her sleep." ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.57.6" }, { "ref": "B9.57.10", "lines": [ "Golshahr ran swiftly to the queen and saw", "The newborn prince, and stood transfixed with awe." ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.57.10" }, { "ref": "B10.25.23", "lines": [ "Save Golshahr, foremost wife within your hall,", "Who knows your skin and marrow, and knows all.”" ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.25.23" }, { "ref": "B10.25.25", "lines": [ "“None shall release me till she cuts me free;", "Golshahr alone shall loose these bonds from me.”" ], "matches": [ "Golshahr" ], "url": "/poem/b10/#B10.25.25" } ] }, { "id": "women-espanoye", "display_name": "Espanoye", "website_name": "Espanoye", "aliases": [ "Espanoye" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Tazhav’s beloved, captured by Bijan.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 4, "named_couplets": 4, "named_sections": 2, "first_name_ref": "B11.6.31", "last_name_ref": "B12.17.64", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "B11.6.31", "lines": [ "Her name is Espanoye, moon-faced and bright,", "A cypress formed in grace and pure delight." ], "matches": [ "Espanoye" ], "url": "/poem/b11/#B11.6.31" }, { "ref": "B12.17.49", "lines": [ "When near the walls, fair Espanoye appeared,", "Her face was wet, her heart with anguish seared." ], "matches": [ "Espanoye" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.17.49" }, { "ref": "B12.17.62", "lines": [ "Then fair Espanoye stepped from the steed;", "Tazhav wept hard; relieved, it gathered speed." ], "matches": [ "Espanoye" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.17.62" }, { "ref": "B12.17.64", "lines": [ "When Bijan looked on Espanoye fair,", "Her feet were veiled beneath her musky hair," ], "matches": [ "Espanoye" ], "url": "/poem/b12/#B12.17.64" } ] }, { "id": "women-homahyi_goshtasb", "display_name": "Homahyi · daughter of Goshtasb", "website_name": "Homahyi", "aliases": [ "Homahyi" ], "scope": "C6,C7,C8", "identity_note": "Esfandiyar’s sister; a different woman from Queen Homahyi Chehrzad.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 10, "named_couplets": 10, "named_sections": 8, "first_name_ref": "C6.14.66", "last_name_ref": "C8.29.64", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "C6.14.66", "lines": [ "Whoever steps forth now shall take as bride", "Homahyi, my own daughter, at his side.”" ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.14.66" }, { "ref": "C6.20.7", "lines": [ "He gave Homahyi, his daughter fair of face,", "To his own eldest son of royal race." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.20.7" }, { "ref": "C6.25.25", "lines": [ "The guards of Homahyi’s palace also stay;", "Rise now! Make haste, and put aside delay.”" ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.25.25" }, { "ref": "C6.28.16", "lines": [ "Had only fair Homahyi met disgrace,", "A sage would quake, his anguish in his face." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.28.16" }, { "ref": "C6.30.42", "lines": [ "Fair Homahyi and Bih Afrid now stand", "As captives, full of grief, in Turkish land." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.30.42" }, { "ref": "C6.30.44", "lines": [ "Esfandiyar replied, “Did Homahyi bright", "Remember me in chains by day or night?" ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.30.44" }, { "ref": "C7.10.20", "lines": [ "Homahyi knew his voice; the sound brought peace,", "And gave her anxious heart a brief release." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c7/#C7.10.20" }, { "ref": "C7.10.24", "lines": [ "The watchful prince perceived that Homahyi knew,", "And from beneath his veil his face he drew." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c7/#C7.10.24" }, { "ref": "C7.12.14", "lines": [ "Homahyi heard the tumult through the hall,", "And with Bih Afrid hurried at the call." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c7/#C7.12.14" }, { "ref": "C8.29.64", "lines": [ "When all the nobles left, the sisters came,", "Homahyi and Bih Afrid, grief aflame." ], "matches": [ "Homahyi" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.29.64" } ] }, { "id": "women-bih_afrid", "display_name": "Bih Afrid", "website_name": "Bih Afrid", "aliases": [ "Bih Afrid" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Goshtasb’s daughter, sister of Homahyi.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 5, "named_couplets": 5, "named_sections": 4, "first_name_ref": "C6.28.17", "last_name_ref": "C8.29.64", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "C6.28.17", "lines": [ "And Bih Afrid, your other daughter fair,", "Once hidden from the very breath of air," ], "matches": [ "Bih Afrid" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.28.17" }, { "ref": "C6.30.42", "lines": [ "Fair Homahyi and Bih Afrid now stand", "As captives, full of grief, in Turkish land." ], "matches": [ "Bih Afrid" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.30.42" }, { "ref": "C6.30.45", "lines": [ "And noble Bih Afrid, of high degree,", "Had scarcely cast a single thought on me.”" ], "matches": [ "Bih Afrid" ], "url": "/poem/c6/#C6.30.45" }, { "ref": "C7.12.14", "lines": [ "Homahyi heard the tumult through the hall,", "And with Bih Afrid hurried at the call." ], "matches": [ "Bih Afrid" ], "url": "/poem/c7/#C7.12.14" }, { "ref": "C8.29.64", "lines": [ "When all the nobles left, the sisters came,", "Homahyi and Bih Afrid, grief aflame." ], "matches": [ "Bih Afrid" ], "url": "/poem/c8/#C8.29.64" } ] }, { "id": "women-nahid_darab", "display_name": "Nahid · Darab’s Roman bride", "website_name": "Nahid", "aliases": [ "Nahid" ], "scope": "D3", "identity_note": "Mother of Iskandar. Not Katayun or the planet Venus.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 5, "named_couplets": 5, "named_sections": 2, "first_name_ref": "D3.3.32", "last_name_ref": "D3.4.33", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D3.3.32", "lines": [ "Her name is fair Nahid, renowned and bright,", "Who sits upon a golden throne of light." ], "matches": [ "Nahid" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.3.32" }, { "ref": "D3.3.48", "lines": [ "Behind Nahid came sixty maidens bright,", "Each with a golden cup that caught the light." ], "matches": [ "Nahid" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.3.48" }, { "ref": "D3.4.24", "lines": [ "He stroked its eyes and mane with gentle joy;", "The foal was of an age with Nahid’s boy." ], "matches": [ "Nahid" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.4.24" }, { "ref": "D3.4.32", "lines": [ "When Nahid left, Darab took as his wife", "Another bride to share his royal life." ], "matches": [ "Nahid" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.4.32" }, { "ref": "D3.4.33", "lines": [ "She bore a son, a prince of royal grace,", "Younger than Nahid’s child, of shining face." ], "matches": [ "Nahid" ], "url": "/poem/d3/#D3.4.33" } ] }, { "id": "women-dalaray", "display_name": "Dalaray", "website_name": "Dalaray", "aliases": [ "Dalaray" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Roshanak’s mother; exchanges letters with Iskandar.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 4, "named_couplets": 4, "named_sections": 3, "first_name_ref": "D5.2.2", "last_name_ref": "D5.4.12", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D5.2.2", "lines": [ "The scribe to Roshanak’s own mother wrote,", "To Dalaray, and thus began the note:" ], "matches": [ "Dalaray" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.2.2" }, { "ref": "D5.3.2", "lines": [ "When Dalaray received Iskandar’s word,", "A heavy sigh from her sad breast was heard." ], "matches": [ "Dalaray" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.3.2" }, { "ref": "D5.4.2", "lines": [ "He said: “Go now to Dalaray, and bear", "Kind words about the marriage we prepare." ], "matches": [ "Dalaray" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.4.2" }, { "ref": "D5.4.12", "lines": [ "Then Dalaray came from her palace gate,", "With nobles, as their customs would dictate." ], "matches": [ "Dalaray" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.4.12" } ] }, { "id": "women-roshanak", "display_name": "Roshanak", "website_name": "Roshanak", "aliases": [ "Roshanak" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Dara’s daughter and Iskandar’s bride.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 9, "named_couplets": 9, "named_sections": 6, "first_name_ref": "D4.9.47", "last_name_ref": "D5.39.5", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D4.9.47", "lines": [ "Her mother named her Roshanak; her birth", "Brought gladness and delight to all the earth." ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d4/#D4.9.47" }, { "ref": "D5.2.2", "lines": [ "The scribe to Roshanak’s own mother wrote,", "To Dalaray, and thus began the note:" ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.2.2" }, { "ref": "D5.2.12", "lines": [ "How Dara gave fair Roshanak as bride,", "And said, ‘She is fit to be at your side.’" ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.2.12" }, { "ref": "D5.3.19", "lines": [ "At Roshanak’s betrothal we rejoice;", "Our hearts are gladdened by that welcome choice." ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.3.19" }, { "ref": "D5.4.3", "lines": [ "See Roshanak in her secluded place,", "And give her blessings from me, full of grace." ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.4.3" }, { "ref": "D5.4.22", "lines": [ "With parasol and servants round her seat,", "Sat Roshanak, her happiness complete." ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.4.22" }, { "ref": "D5.4.24", "lines": [ "When Roshanak drew near to Mesr’s gate,", "They came to greet her, all, of high estate." ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.4.24" }, { "ref": "D5.36.12", "lines": [ "If Roshanak should bear to me a son,", "Then let my royal lineage through him run." ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.36.12" }, { "ref": "D5.39.5", "lines": [ "Then Roshanak arrived in deep despair,", "She cried: “O Shah, whose like is found nowhere," ], "matches": [ "Roshanak" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.39.5" } ] }, { "id": "women-faghestan", "display_name": "Faghestan", "website_name": "Faghestan", "aliases": [ "Faghestan" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Kayd’s daughter, sent as Iskandar’s bride.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 2, "named_couplets": 2, "named_sections": 2, "first_name_ref": "D5.9.36", "last_name_ref": "D5.10.15", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D5.9.36", "lines": [ "Give Kayd my charter and my pledge, then load", "Your packs with Faghestan and take the road." ], "matches": [ "Faghestan" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.9.36" }, { "ref": "D5.10.15", "lines": [ "Faghestan came before the Shah; she bore", "A crown of black musk through his chamber door." ], "matches": [ "Faghestan" ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.10.15" } ] }, { "id": "women-nusha", "display_name": "Nusha", "website_name": "Nusha", "aliases": [ "Nusha" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Narsi’s daughter, Malika’s mother; carried off by Tair.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 3, "named_couplets": 3, "named_sections": 2, "first_name_ref": "D8.1.2.6", "last_name_ref": "D8.1.3.34", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D8.1.2.6", "lines": [ "He heard of Nusha, fair and young of face,", "The Shah’s own aunt, a flower of royal race." ], "matches": [ "Nusha" ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.2.6" }, { "ref": "D8.1.2.32", "lines": [ "I share your vengeance; I am kin to you,", "Nusha’s own daughter, of your lineage true." ], "matches": [ "Nusha" ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.2.32" }, { "ref": "D8.1.3.34", "lines": [ "Shapur replied, “You seized, to our great shame,", "Narsi’s own daughter; Nusha was her name." ], "matches": [ "Nusha" ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.3.34" } ] }, { "id": "women-malika", "display_name": "Malika", "website_name": "Malika", "aliases": [ "Malika" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Daughter of Tair and Nusha, in Shapur’s story.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 3, "named_couplets": 3, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D8.1.2.11", "last_name_ref": "D8.1.2.27", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D8.1.2.11", "lines": [ "Her father named her Malika, and knew", "His daughter worthy of a kingdom too." ], "matches": [ "Malika" ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.2.11" }, { "ref": "D8.1.2.25", "lines": [ "Then Malika looked down from fortress height,", "And saw the flag and rider armed for fight." ], "matches": [ "Malika" ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.2.25" }, { "ref": "D8.1.2.27", "lines": [ "From Malika all sleep and peace had flown,", "For love had made her heart no more her own." ], "matches": [ "Malika" ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.2.27" } ] }, { "id": "women-dilafruz", "display_name": "Dilafruz Farrukhpish", "website_name": "Dilafruz", "aliases": [ "Dilafruz" ], "scope": "D8", "identity_note": "The woman who frees Shapur. Excludes the C4 officer and D10 laborer of the same name.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D8.1.10.37", "last_name_ref": "D8.1.10.37", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D8.1.10.37", "lines": [ "He named her Dilafruz Farrukhpish; above", "The other beauties, she possessed his love." ], "matches": [ "Dilafruz" ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.10.37" } ] }, { "id": "women-azadeh_harpist", "display_name": "Azadeh · Roman harpist", "website_name": "Azadeh", "aliases": [ "Azadeh" ], "scope": "D9", "identity_note": "Bahram Goor’s Roman harpist. Excludes Mah-e Azadeh, the Yemenite princess.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 3, "named_couplets": 3, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D9.3.2", "last_name_ref": "D9.3.28", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D9.3.2", "lines": [ "The Roman harpist journeyed at his side;", "Azadeh, coral-cheeked, his joy and pride." ], "matches": [ "Azadeh" ], "url": "/poem/d9/#D9.3.2" }, { "ref": "D9.3.8", "lines": [ "Two pairs of deer appeared before his face;", "He smiled: “Azadeh, moon of shining grace," ], "matches": [ "Azadeh" ], "url": "/poem/d9/#D9.3.8" }, { "ref": "D9.3.28", "lines": [ "His arrow pinned its head and hoof and ear;", "Azadeh’s heart was troubled for the deer." ], "matches": [ "Azadeh" ], "url": "/poem/d9/#D9.3.28" } ] }, { "id": "women-moshknaz", "display_name": "Moshknaz", "website_name": "Moshknaz", "aliases": [ "Moshknaz" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "One of the miller’s four daughters at D10.9.23.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D10.9.23", "last_name_ref": "D10.9.23", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.9.23", "lines": [ "Moshknaz came, with Moshkanak beside,", "Then Naztab and Susanak in their pride." ], "matches": [ "Moshknaz" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.9.23" } ] }, { "id": "women-moshkanak", "display_name": "Moshkanak", "website_name": "Moshkanak", "aliases": [ "Moshkanak" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "One of the miller’s four daughters at D10.9.23.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D10.9.23", "last_name_ref": "D10.9.23", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.9.23", "lines": [ "Moshknaz came, with Moshkanak beside,", "Then Naztab and Susanak in their pride." ], "matches": [ "Moshkanak" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.9.23" } ] }, { "id": "women-naztab", "display_name": "Naztab", "website_name": "Naztab", "aliases": [ "Naztab" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "One of the miller’s four daughters at D10.9.23.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D10.9.23", "last_name_ref": "D10.9.23", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.9.23", "lines": [ "Moshknaz came, with Moshkanak beside,", "Then Naztab and Susanak in their pride." ], "matches": [ "Naztab" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.9.23" } ] }, { "id": "women-susanak", "display_name": "Susanak", "website_name": "Susanak", "aliases": [ "Susanak" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "One of the miller’s four daughters at D10.9.23.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D10.9.23", "last_name_ref": "D10.9.23", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.9.23", "lines": [ "Moshknaz came, with Moshkanak beside,", "Then Naztab and Susanak in their pride." ], "matches": [ "Susanak" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.9.23" } ] }, { "id": "women-mah_afrid_barzin", "display_name": "Mah Afrid · daughter of Barzin", "website_name": "Mah Afrid", "aliases": [ "Mah Afrid", "Mah-Afarid" ], "scope": "D10", "identity_note": "The eldest of Barzin’s three daughters; not Iraj’s consort or Tur’s daughter.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D10.13.99", "last_name_ref": "D10.13.99", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.13.99", "lines": [ "The eldest daughter’s name was Mah Afrid;", "The second, Faranak, slim as a reed." ], "matches": [ "Mah Afrid" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.13.99" } ] }, { "id": "women-faranak_barzin", "display_name": "Faranak · daughter of Barzin", "website_name": "Faranak", "aliases": [ "Faranak" ], "scope": "D10", "identity_note": "A later woman, distinct from Fereydoon’s mother.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D10.13.99", "last_name_ref": "D10.13.99", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.13.99", "lines": [ "The eldest daughter’s name was Mah Afrid;", "The second, Faranak, slim as a reed." ], "matches": [ "Faranak" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.13.99" } ] }, { "id": "women-shanbalid", "display_name": "Shanbalid", "website_name": "Shanbalid", "aliases": [ "Shanbalid" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Youngest of Barzin’s three daughters.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D10.13.100", "last_name_ref": "D10.13.100", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.13.100", "lines": [ "The youngest maid was lovely Shanbalid;", "To wed all three the joyful Shah agreed." ], "matches": [ "Shanbalid" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.13.100" } ] }, { "id": "women-arezu_jeweler", "display_name": "Arezu · Mahiyar’s daughter", "website_name": "Arezu", "aliases": [ "Arezu" ], "scope": "D10", "identity_note": "Singer and harpist married to Bahram Goor; not Salm’s Yemenite bride.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 13, "named_couplets": 13, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "D10.14.97", "last_name_ref": "D10.14.223", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.14.97", "lines": [ "The maiden’s name was Arezu, his light;", "She served his wine and was his heart’s delight." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.97" }, { "ref": "D10.14.111", "lines": [ "I wait upon you as a handmaid true;", "Called Arezu, I joy in guests like you." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.111" }, { "ref": "D10.14.121", "lines": [ "I see no man to rival you in strife;", "May Arezu serve you faithfully through life.”" ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.121" }, { "ref": "D10.14.128", "lines": [ "Arezu replied, “Good father, hear me say:", "If you would give me to a man today," ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.128" }, { "ref": "D10.14.143", "lines": [ "The father said, “Arezu, say what is true:", "Do looks and manners both approve him too?”" ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.143" }, { "ref": "D10.14.149", "lines": [ "Arezu went to her chamber, while around", "The sleeping village lay without a sound." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.149" }, { "ref": "D10.14.178", "lines": [ "To Arezu’s own chamber then he drew,", "And said, “My gracious Moon, I speak to you." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.178" }, { "ref": "D10.14.194", "lines": [ "He called Arezu, whom his heart desired;", "She came with wine and gifts as he required." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.194" }, { "ref": "D10.14.195", "lines": [ "A handmaid bore her crown and earrings bright;", "Arezu bowed and kissed the ground outright." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.195" }, { "ref": "D10.14.208", "lines": [ "I saw no ill behavior in you here;", "Now listen to Arezu’s music clear." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.208" }, { "ref": "D10.14.211", "lines": [ "Arezu saw the strangers and withdrew,", "Her brow drawn tight among the guests so new." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.211" }, { "ref": "D10.14.213", "lines": [ "Called back, Arezu took a golden seat,", "And sang of chase and war in accents sweet." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.213" }, { "ref": "D10.14.223", "lines": [ "A jeweled crown adorned the maiden’s head;", "Toward Bahram Goor’s bower Arezu then sped." ], "matches": [ "Arezu" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.14.223" } ] }, { "id": "women-sapinud", "display_name": "Sapinud", "website_name": "Sapinud", "aliases": [ "Sapinud" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Shangul’s daughter, married to Bahram Goor.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 11, "named_couplets": 11, "named_sections": 5, "first_name_ref": "D10.32.34", "last_name_ref": "D10.37.71", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "D10.32.34", "lines": [ "He chose one radiant as spring renewed,", "The maiden known at court as Sapinud." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.32.34" }, { "ref": "D10.32.43", "lines": [ "With Shah Bahram, fair Sapinud shone bright,", "Like wine that fills a crystal cup with light." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.32.43" }, { "ref": "D10.34.27", "lines": [ "When King Shangul prepared to take the road,", "Fair Sapinud approached his high abode:" ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.34.27" }, { "ref": "D10.34.33", "lines": [ "Then helped Sapinud mount and breathed a prayer,", "God’s name a murmur on the midnight air." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.34.33" }, { "ref": "D10.34.53", "lines": [ "He loosed the skiff upon the rolling tide,", "And placed fair Sapinud secure inside." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.34.53" }, { "ref": "D10.35.4", "lines": [ "He saw fair Sapinud the Shah beside;", "Grief turned his heart to wrath he could not hide." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.35.4" }, { "ref": "D10.36.56", "lines": [ "The Shah brought Sapinud to learn the creed;", "The priest then taught the faith in word and deed." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.36.56" }, { "ref": "D10.37.1", "lines": [ "From Sapinud, Shangul received report", "Of Shah Bahram and life within his court." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.37.1" }, { "ref": "D10.37.2", "lines": [ "He longed to journey to Iran, and gaze", "On Sapinud, the Shah’s queen, crowned with praise." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.37.2" }, { "ref": "D10.37.66", "lines": [ "“I gave my daughter Sapinud as wife", "To Shah Bahram; may kingship bless his life." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.37.66" }, { "ref": "D10.37.71", "lines": [ "He gave to Sapinud the deed he made,", "In Indian script on silken cloth displayed." ], "matches": [ "Sapinud" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.37.71" } ] }, { "id": "women-maryam", "display_name": "Maryam", "website_name": "Maryam", "aliases": [ "Maryam" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "Caesar’s daughter, married to Khosrow Parviz.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 14, "named_couplets": 14, "named_sections": 7, "first_name_ref": "E6.21.4", "last_name_ref": "E7.4.6", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "E6.21.4", "lines": [ "He had a daughter, Maryam by name,", "Wise, grave, resolved, and high in royal fame." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.21.4" }, { "ref": "E6.21.17", "lines": [ "He gave them their instructions, then apart", "Addressed fair Maryam with a father’s heart." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.21.17" }, { "ref": "E6.21.32", "lines": [ "He bade fair Maryam come and spoke at length,", "With tender counsel, fatherly in strength:" ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.21.32" }, { "ref": "E6.21.37", "lines": [ "He said, “Fair Maryam is your blood and race;", "In Faith and kinship, guard her life and grace." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.21.37" }, { "ref": "E6.21.47", "lines": [ "Then joyful Khosrow, to the bride’s abode,", "Rode in, and there to Maryam’s presence strode." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.21.47" }, { "ref": "E6.25.136", "lines": [ "And Maryam tore her cheeks in grief and dread", "For her crowned husband, whom she feared was dead." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.25.136" }, { "ref": "E6.25.140", "lines": [ "The Roman ranks rejoiced to see him stand,", "And Maryam’s grief released its bitter hand." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.25.140" }, { "ref": "E6.29.26", "lines": [ "Then Maryam spoke to Khosrow: “Let me go;", "I will abate this quarrel and its woe." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.29.26" }, { "ref": "E6.29.29", "lines": [ "The king sent Bandvi with ten riders bold,", "And Maryam, prudent, resolute, controlled." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.29.29" }, { "ref": "E6.52.32", "lines": [ "He bade him write: “Great Caesar, joy is spread;", "For Maryam now has borne a prince,” it read." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.52.32" }, { "ref": "E6.53.12", "lines": [ "To Maryam he sent a peacock, cast", "In gold, with jewels at its side amassed." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.53.12" }, { "ref": "E6.54.29", "lines": [ "For Maryam’s sake, they would declare that I", "Had turned to Christ, a bishop in their eye." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.54.29" }, { "ref": "E7.4.4", "lines": [ "At last she gave her poison, darkly planned,", "And Maryam died beneath her hidden hand." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.4.4" }, { "ref": "E7.4.6", "lines": [ "A year had passed since Maryam died; his fair", "Gold chambers then he gave to Shirin’s care." ], "matches": [ "Maryam" ], "url": "/poem/e7/#E7.4.6" } ] }, { "id": "women-mah_afrid_tur", "display_name": "Mah Afrid · daughter of Tur", "website_name": "Mah Afrid", "aliases": [ "Mah Afrid", "Mah-Afarid" ], "scope": "C4", "identity_note": "A retrospective reference at C4.61.13, not one of the four unnamed women present in that scene.", "kind": "human_narrative", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "C4.61.13", "last_name_ref": "C4.61.13", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "C4.61.13", "lines": [ "Where is Tur’s daughter, Mah Afrid the fair,", "Whose beauty none could equal anywhere?" ], "matches": [ "Mah Afrid" ], "url": "/poem/c4/#C4.61.13" } ] }, { "id": "women-fatima", "display_name": "Fatima", "website_name": "Fatima", "aliases": [ "Fatima" ], "scope": "*", "identity_note": "A religious reference at A0.7.8, kept separate from the narrative cast.", "kind": "human_religious_reference", "priority": "extended_index", "proposed_volume": null, "proposed_title": null, "name_occurrences": 1, "named_couplets": 1, "named_sections": 1, "first_name_ref": "A0.7.8", "last_name_ref": "A0.7.8", "name_concordance": [ { "ref": "A0.7.8", "lines": [ "The fourth was Ali, Fatima’s dear lord,", "For goodness by the Prophet’s tongue adored." ], "matches": [ "Fatima" ], "url": "/poem/a0/#A0.7.8" } ] } ], "anonymous_and_other_review_queue": [ { "id": "women-role-001", "label": "Iraj’s unnamed daughter / Manuchehr’s mother", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "A6.14.5", "evidence_lines": [ "When birth-time came, a daughter saw the light;", "His hope of vengeance now lay far from sight." ], "url": "/poem/a6/#A6.14.5", "note": "Distinct from her mother Mah-Afarid." }, { "id": "women-role-002", "label": "Zal’s human mother", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "A7.2.4", "evidence_lines": [ "Within his chambers dwelt a lovely bride;", "Rose-petal cheeks and musk-dark hair her pride." ], "url": "/poem/a7/#A7.2.4", "note": "Keep distinct from the Simorgh who raises Zal." }, { "id": "women-role-003", "label": "Siavash’s mother", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "B9.2.10", "evidence_lines": [ "Among the trees a lovely maiden stood;", "The riders hastened toward her through the wood." ], "url": "/poem/b9/#B9.2.10", "note": "An individualized woman whose name is not supplied in this passage." }, { "id": "women-role-004", "label": "The washerman’s wife / Darab’s foster mother", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D2.2.21", "evidence_lines": [ "The woman loved the boy as her own son,", "And tenderly she raised the little one." ], "url": "/poem/d2/#D2.2.21", "note": "Foster mother, distinct from Queen Homahyi Chehrzad." }, { "id": "women-role-005", "label": "Ferdowsi’s female companion in the Bijan prelude", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "C2.1.16", "evidence_lines": [ "Within my house there lived a loving soul,", "To whom I called and bade her bring a coal." ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.1.16", "note": "Do not infer a personal name or marital status from this address." }, { "id": "women-role-006", "label": "Ardavan’s daughter / mother of Shapur", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D7.3.2", "evidence_lines": [ "The daughter of proud Ardavan gave birth", "To one of royal mien and ardent worth." ], "url": "/poem/d7/#D7.3.2", "note": "Separate from Golnar." }, { "id": "women-role-007", "label": "Babak’s daughter / mother of Ardeshir", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D6.3.52", "evidence_lines": [ "He gave Sasan his cherished daughter’s hand,", "And his own crown, the emblem of command." ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.3.52", "note": "Same kinship recalled in E6.5.180." }, { "id": "women-role-008", "label": "Haftvad’s daughter", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D6.12.13", "evidence_lines": [ "He had one daughter, cherished from her birth;", "Yet he esteemed all daughters of no worth." ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.12.13", "note": "Keep her as a person, separate from the worm." }, { "id": "women-role-009", "label": "Haftvad’s wife / the girl’s mother", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D6.12.24", "evidence_lines": [ "She hurried home like smoke and showed the skein;", "Her mother praised her labor and her gain." ], "url": "/poem/d6/#D6.12.24", "note": "An independent speaking role." }, { "id": "women-role-010", "label": "Mehrak’s daughter / Shapur’s wife", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D7.5.41", "evidence_lines": [ "“I am the daughter of Mehrak,” she said,", "“Nushzad’s own son, whose child stands here in dread." ], "url": "/poem/d7/#D7.5.41", "note": "Surviving daughter of Mehrak, hiding before her meeting with Shapur." }, { "id": "women-role-011", "label": "Mother of Shapur Zul-Aktaf", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D8.1.1.28", "evidence_lines": [ "His mother’s heart rejoiced; she chose him guides,", "To teach the lore in which good sense resides." ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.1.28", "note": "Separate from the mother of Shapur son of Ardeshir." }, { "id": "women-role-012", "label": "Caesar’s wife in Shapur’s captivity", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D8.1.4.59", "evidence_lines": [ "Then Caesar gave the key and captive’s care", "To his own wife, and warned her to beware." ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.4.59", "note": "Different time and identity from the Khatoons of Chin." }, { "id": "women-role-013", "label": "Gardener’s wife who feeds the fugitive Shapur", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D8.1.5.72", "evidence_lines": [ "The gardener’s wife made food as she was able;", "They ate their bread beside her simple table." ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.5.72", "note": "Do not merge with Bahram Goor’s later gardener’s wife." }, { "id": "women-role-014", "label": "Caesar’s mother who pays troops", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D8.1.8.3", "evidence_lines": [ "The soldiers gathered at his palace gate;", "His warlike mother paid the troops of state." ], "url": "/poem/d8/#D8.1.8.3", "note": "Kinship role must remain distinct from Caesar’s wife unless more evidence establishes identity." }, { "id": "women-role-015", "label": "Shoemaker’s mother in the wine episode", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D10.7.20", "evidence_lines": [ "His mother hurried to the Shah to speak,", "And told the secret he had sent to seek." ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.7.20", "note": "Has her own audience with Bahram." }, { "id": "women-role-016", "label": "Shoemaker’s bride in the wine episode", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D10.7.22", "evidence_lines": [ "His wife declared, ‘This weakling stands alone;", "No seed of manhood in his flesh is shown.’" ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.7.22", "note": "Distinct from the mother." }, { "id": "women-role-017", "label": "The miller’s wife / mother of four singing daughters", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D10.9.49", "evidence_lines": [ "She said, “He saw the fire’s distant light,", "And heard the daughters singing in delight." ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.9.49", "note": "The daughters are named separately in the main index." }, { "id": "women-role-018", "label": "Gardener’s wife in Bahram Goor’s visit", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D10.12.50", "evidence_lines": [ "The Shah said, “Woman, measured in your word,", "Tell me an ancient tale that you have heard." ], "url": "/poem/d10/#D10.12.50", "note": "Speaks about kingship, household work and justice." }, { "id": "women-role-019", "label": "Qobad’s bride / mother of Anooshirvan", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D12.4.7", "evidence_lines": [ "He had a daughter, moonlike, crowned with musk,", "Whose beauty brightened dawn and evening dusk." ], "url": "/poem/d12/#D12.4.7", "note": "A named relation, not an invented personal name." }, { "id": "women-role-020", "label": "Anooshirvan’s Christian wife / mother of Nushzad", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D13.16.11", "evidence_lines": [ "That moon-faced woman worshipped at Christ’s shrine;", "All tongues extolled her beauty as divine." ], "url": "/poem/d13/#D13.16.11", "note": "Separate from his bride from Chin." }, { "id": "women-role-021", "label": "The Chakh-warden’s daughter", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "D13.20.1.72", "evidence_lines": [ "One ivory-cheeked girl in that fair train", "Was the Chakh-warden’s daughter from the plain." ], "url": "/poem/d13/#D13.20.1.72", "note": "The disguised youth in this scene is her brother, not another woman." }, { "id": "women-role-022", "label": "Mahbud’s wife / mother of his sons", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E1.1.70", "evidence_lines": [ "Their mother was the cook, a prudent dame,", "Devoted to her household and its name." ], "url": "/poem/e1/#E1.1.70", "note": "A household worker central to the poisoning episode." }, { "id": "women-role-023", "label": "Mahbud’s surviving daughter", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E1.2.50", "evidence_lines": [ "One blameless daughter of his blood was found,", "With two young kinsmen, virtuous and sound." ], "url": "/poem/e1/#E1.2.50", "note": "The reference to his blood is contextualized by the surrounding scene." }, { "id": "women-role-024", "label": "The Khan’s queen / mother of Anooshirvan’s bride", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E1.9.35", "evidence_lines": [ "Yet troubled by the weight of this affair,", "He sought the queen, his heavy heart to bare." ], "url": "/poem/e1/#E1.9.35", "note": "Khatoon is a title, not a unique personal name." }, { "id": "women-role-025", "label": "The Khan’s daughter / mother of Hormizd", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E1.10.6", "evidence_lines": [ "The Khan bestowed the daughter of his queen,", "Her only child, of noble form and sheen." ], "url": "/poem/e1/#E1.10.6", "note": "Bride of Anooshirvan; do not merge with later daughters of a Khan." }, { "id": "women-role-026", "label": "Mother of Gav and Talkhand / ruler in the chess story", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E2.3.45", "evidence_lines": [ "Then spoke the sage before the wise queen’s face:", "“Take now the throne for both sons in this place." ], "url": "/poem/e2/#E2.3.45", "note": "One woman with sons by Jamhur and Mai; not two queens." }, { "id": "women-role-027", "label": "First woman questioned by Bozorgmehr", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E3.2.39", "evidence_lines": [ "Bozorgmehr left his house, and soon there came", "A woman beautiful in face and frame." ], "url": "/poem/e3/#E3.2.39", "note": "The scene differentiates three women through the pearl analogy." }, { "id": "women-role-028", "label": "Second woman questioned by Bozorgmehr", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E3.2.44", "evidence_lines": [ "Another woman passed along the way;", "His friend approached to hear what she would say:" ], "url": "/poem/e3/#E3.2.44", "note": "The scene differentiates three women." }, { "id": "women-role-029", "label": "Third woman questioned by Bozorgmehr", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E3.2.49", "evidence_lines": [ "She said, “No husband ever came to me;", "I keep myself apart, a maiden free.”" ], "url": "/poem/e3/#E3.2.49", "note": "The maiden’s own answer is explicit." }, { "id": "women-role-030", "label": "Woman selling straw to the army", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E5.7.47", "evidence_lines": [ "A woman bore a sack of straw for sale,", "And hurried through the troops along the trail." ], "url": "/poem/e5/#E5.7.47", "note": "An individualized complainant." }, { "id": "women-role-031", "label": "The old woman in Ayin Gashasp’s journey", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E5.27.38", "evidence_lines": [ "The ancient woman watched him disappear,", "Then asked, “Who is that man who just passed here?" ], "url": "/poem/e5/#E5.27.38", "note": "An individualized local witness." }, { "id": "women-role-032", "label": "Wife of the warrior guarding Bandvi", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E6.12.38", "evidence_lines": [ "The warrior’s wife was wicked, false of heart;", "She loved Chubin and played a traitor’s part." ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.12.38", "note": "The text attributes a betrayal; classification should preserve the account’s wording." }, { "id": "women-role-033", "label": "Aging hostess in Bahram Chubin’s flight", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E6.27.13", "evidence_lines": [ "When thirst had parched their mouths, they sought and found", "An aging woman’s house on humble ground." ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.27.13", "note": "Questioned for news of the realm." }, { "id": "women-role-034", "label": "The Khan’s daughter killed by the lion-ape", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E6.34.15", "evidence_lines": [ "It swallowed her; her fleeting life had fled;", "Her moon-bright life was gone, the princess dead." ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.34.15", "note": "Explicitly distinct from the other daughter later married to Bahram." }, { "id": "women-role-035", "label": "The Khan’s daughter married to Bahram Chubin", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E6.34.96", "evidence_lines": [ "He gave his daughter then to be his bride;", "The realm obeyed his word on every side." ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.34.96", "note": "A different daughter from the victim of the lion-ape." }, { "id": "women-role-036", "label": "Khatoon in Bahram Chubin’s exile", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E6.34.55", "evidence_lines": [ "The Khan and I once had a daughter fair,", "A moon whose beauty brightened all the air." ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.34.55", "note": "Keep separate from the earlier Khan’s queen in the Anooshirvan marriage story." }, { "id": "women-role-037", "label": "Gordvi’s wife, messenger to Gurdiyeh", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E6.46.47", "evidence_lines": [ "Then privately Gordvi’s wife gave the scroll,", "And laid the hidden scheme before her soul." ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.46.47", "note": "A woman carrying a letter, not Gordvi himself." }, { "id": "women-role-038", "label": "Rostam the general’s mother", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E10.2.46", "evidence_lines": [ "Tell mother all: her eyes will not behold", "The face they rested on in days of old." ], "url": "/poem/e10/#E10.2.46", "note": "Addressed in the general’s farewell letter through his brother." }, { "id": "women-role-039", "label": "The miller’s daughter mentioned at Yazdegard’s death", "category": "individual", "evidence_ref": "E10.12.35", "evidence_lines": [ "I have one daughter only left to me,", "Still hidden where no Arab eyes can see." ], "url": "/poem/e10/#E10.12.35", "note": "Keep separate from the named singing daughters in D10.9." }, { "id": "women-role-040", "label": "Kay Khosrow’s four unnamed women", "category": "collective", "evidence_ref": "C4.61.1", "evidence_lines": [ "He had four radiant women; none had seen", "Their faces even in a dream’s clear sheen." ], "url": "/poem/c4/#C4.61.1", "note": "Do not identify Mah Afrid, recalled later in the speech, as one of these four." }, { "id": "women-role-041", "label": "The warrior women of Harum", "category": "collective", "evidence_ref": "D5.28.19", "evidence_lines": [ "Many women came out beyond the gate,", "Upon the plain, to see the Roman’s state." ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.28.19", "note": "A political community; the group is not a count of separately identifiable women." }, { "id": "women-role-042", "label": "Rudabeh’s handmaidens", "category": "collective", "evidence_ref": "A8.3.1", "evidence_lines": [ "The maidens rose and hastened to their task,", "Though anxious, still they did as she had asked." ], "url": "/poem/a8/#A8.3.1", "note": "Multiple attendants with active parts; do not invent names or equate all attendants across scenes." }, { "id": "women-role-043", "label": "Katayun’s accompanying maidens", "category": "collective", "evidence_ref": "C5.7.18", "evidence_lines": [ "Then Katayun came with her maiden band,", "With sixty girls, a bouquet in her hand." ], "url": "/poem/c5/#C5.7.18", "note": "A textual number is not an identity register." }, { "id": "women-role-044", "label": "Women in the royal bower in Bozorgmehr’s scene", "category": "collective", "evidence_ref": "D13.20.1.71", "evidence_lines": [ "Within the monarch’s bower could be seen", "Seventy girls, each noble as a queen." ], "url": "/poem/d13/#D13.20.1.71", "note": "Seventy girls are described; the disguised brother must not be added as a woman." }, { "id": "women-role-045", "label": "Women accompanying the bride from Chin", "category": "collective", "evidence_ref": "E1.11.107", "evidence_lines": [ "Two hundred maidens graced the bride’s array,", "While wise Mehran Setad still led the way." ], "url": "/poem/e1/#E1.11.107", "note": "Two hundred maidens are a narrated cohort, not 200 individually traceable people." }, { "id": "women-role-046", "label": "Women in Khosrow’s bower", "category": "collective", "evidence_ref": "E6.48.29", "evidence_lines": [ "Within my golden bower and gem-bright room,", "Twelve thousand maidens serve in royal bloom." ], "url": "/poem/e6/#E6.48.29", "note": "Twelve thousand maidens is a textual aggregate, not a usable identity count." }, { "id": "women-role-047", "label": "The sorceress in Rostam’s trial", "category": "nonhuman_or_vision", "evidence_ref": "B5.4.16", "evidence_lines": [ "A witch then heard his song and tanbur ring,", "And came toward Rostam at the sound of string." ], "url": "/poem/b5/#B5.4.16", "note": "A supernatural female role." }, { "id": "women-role-048", "label": "The Ghul in Esfandiyar’s trial", "category": "nonhuman_or_vision", "evidence_ref": "C7.5.11", "evidence_lines": [ "Men call her Ghul; beware that fatal snare,", "And spare your youth; do not go to her lair." ], "url": "/poem/c7/#C7.5.11", "note": "Called Ghul in the poem; indexed as a supernatural female role, separate from the human-women count." }, { "id": "women-role-049", "label": "Bahram Chubin’s crowned vision / Fortune", "category": "nonhuman_or_vision", "evidence_ref": "E5.23.17", "evidence_lines": [ "That palace was a work of magic art;", "The crowned lady was a witch at heart." ], "url": "/poem/e5/#E5.23.17", "note": "A narrated apparition interpreted as a witch; keep separate from human queens." }, { "id": "women-role-050", "label": "The female-speaking branch of the prophetic tree", "category": "nonhuman_or_vision", "evidence_ref": "D5.31.47", "evidence_lines": [ "Then spoke the female branches through the shade,", "Again he sought his learned guide for aid." ], "url": "/poem/d5/#D5.31.47", "note": "A feminine supernatural voice, not a human woman." }, { "id": "women-role-051", "label": "Sapandarmad, feminine guardian spirit", "category": "nonhuman_or_vision", "evidence_ref": "C2.17.44", "evidence_lines": [ "May Sapandarmad keep your soul secure,", "And wisdom light your spirit, bright and pure." ], "url": "/poem/c2/#C2.17.44", "note": "The glossary identifies the earth’s guardian as feminine; calendar uses are not human-character occurrences." }, { "id": "women-role-052", "label": "Barmayeh, the nurturing cow", "category": "nonhuman_or_vision", "evidence_ref": "A5.2.62", "evidence_lines": [ "A cow named Barmayeh shall nurse the child,", "And guard the world-seeker, tender and mild." ], "url": "/poem/a5/#A5.2.62", "note": "Female animal. The current website uses Barmayeh for the cow; Barmayeh is a separately indexed male brother of Fereydoon." } ], "sources": [ "/glossary/", "/characters/", "/poem/" ] }