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Object · The Shahnameh · Volume II

zerehزره

ze-REH

A coat of mail.

In the poem
First at B13.7, Tus Slays Arzhang; last at C8.20, Zal Advises Rostam
Named
14 times, in 10 sections
Main stories
C4 The Final Afrasiab Wars and the Disappearance of Kay Khosrow (5); C3 The Battle of the Twelve Rukhs (4); B13 Mount Hamavan and the Kamus Campaign (2)

In the poem’s own words

The 8 sections that name zereh most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name zereh. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
B13.7

Tus Slays Arzhang

The Turanian champion Arzhang, son of Zereh, challenges the Iranians. Tus rides out and kills him with one blow. Houman steadies the dismayed Turanians and advises single combat first and a massed attack the next day.

zereh named 2 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
C3.28

Gudarz and Piran Choose the Warriors

Piran offers terms: let chosen champions and the two old chiefs decide the war, with the losing side renouncing revenge. Gudarz answers with the charge of Siavash’s murder and accepts. Ten pairs are matched, Gudarz against Piran, and each side marks a hill for its victors’ banners.

zereh named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes
C3.30

Giv Battles Gurvi

Giv meets Gurvi, son of Zereh. Their spears break; Giv, meaning to take him alive, stuns him with the ox-head gorz, hauls him against his chest, drags him from the saddle and binds his hands. He drives his prisoner ahead of him and plants his banner.

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C3.47

Piran Is Honored, and Gurvi Is Slain

Kay Khosrow reaches the field and is met on foot by the whole army with the ten slain. He praises Gudarz, weeps over Piran, has him embalmed and seated crowned in a tomb, then has Gurvi’s sinews drawn joint by joint and his throat cut for Siavash.

zereh named 2 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
C4.31

Afrasiab Crosses the Sea

Hunted across Chin, Afrasiab reaches the Sea of Zereh and forces a crossing no sailor has made, taking refuge in Gangdezh. Khosrow resolves to follow him by way of Chin and Makran; his chiefs dread the water until Rostam argues them into it.

zereh named 3 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
C4.32

Khosrow Sends Spoils and Captives to Kavus

Khosrow empties Afrasiab’s treasury and sends the spoil, the women of his household, Garsivaz and Jahan in fetters and a thousand hostages to Kavus under Giv’s escort, with a letter reporting the siege. Kavus praises God, houses the captives, and loads Giv with gifts.

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C4.36

Kay Khosrow Crosses the Sea

Khosrow provisions his fleet for a year and prays before sailing. The crossing takes seven months, past sea-creatures of every hybrid shape, with no contrary wind. Landing, he sets Giv over the country, receives its kings, learns that Afrasiab is at Gang, and marches there.

zereh named 1 time here · read the section in the full poem · notes
C6.30

Jamasp Visits Esfandiyar

Nush Azar nearly kills Jamasp for his Turanian cap. Esfandiyar refuses his father’s message, and Lohrasp, his sisters, his father’s plight and his dead brothers all leave him unmoved; only Farshidvard’s name breaks him. He snaps his own fetters, faints, then calls for arms.

  • C6.30.60
    I saw his body slashed by scimitars;His helm and zereh split with battle scars.
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All 10 sections that name zereh
  1. B13.7 Tus Slays Arzhang
  2. C3.28 Gudarz and Piran Choose the Warriors
  3. C3.30 Giv Battles Gurvi
  4. C3.47 Piran Is Honored, and Gurvi Is Slain
  5. C4.31 Afrasiab Crosses the Sea
  6. C4.32 Khosrow Sends Spoils and Captives to Kavus
  7. C4.36 Kay Khosrow Crosses the Sea
  8. C6.30 Jamasp Visits Esfandiyar
  9. C7.8 The River of the Seventh Stage
  10. C8.20 Zal Advises Rostam

Where the name appears

Named mentions by book, from the Universe Registry, the index behind this site. Titles and epithets are not counted.
B13Mount Hamavan and the Kamus Campaign2C3The Battle of the Twelve Rukhs4C4The Final Afrasiab Wars and the Disappearance of Kay Khosrow5C6Goshtasb, Zardosht, and the War with Arjasp1C7Esfandiyar’s Seven Stages and the Ruyin Dezh1C8The Tragedy of Rostam and Esfandiyar1

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