Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero

Texts and Traditions of the Farāmarznāme and the Persian Epic Cycle
Approx. 775 Pp. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-26826-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 772 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1316 g

Reihe: Studies in Persian Cultural History

In Faramarz, the Sistani Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the role played by the legendary warrior Faramarz in the shorter and the longer Faramarzname, compared to his appearances in several other later epic poems and in Ferdowsi’s Shahname.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zutphen, Marjolijn van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Iranische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface
Notes on transcription, dates, quotations and bibliographical citations
Chronological table
Map of greater Iran and northern India
List of tables and figures

Introduction

PART I.FERDOWSI’S SHAHNAME AND THE PERSIAN EPIC CYCLE: TEXTS AND ORIGINS

Chapter 1. The history of the kings, the Sistani cycle and the manuscript tradition

1. Ferdowsi’s Shahname, its origins and supposed sources
1.1 Pre-Islamic origins
1.2 Other versions of the ‘Book of Kings’ in the Islamic period
1.3 Possible sources of the legends of Sistan
1.3.1 The narrations of Azadsarw
2. Parthian origins of the Sistani cycle: tentative links to historical events
2.1 The geo-political entity of Sistan
2.2 The Sakas, the Suren and the Sistani legends
2.2.1 Rostam and the hero of Carrhae
2.2.2 Faramarz and the Indo-Parthian empire of Gondophares
3. Shahname manuscripts and editions: reconstructions and reinterpretations
3.1 The culmination of a tradition of interpolating: London, British Library, MSS Or. 2926 and Or. 2976 (BL)
3.2 Editions of the Shahname: establishing a codified text

Chapter 2. The Persian epic cycle

1. The later epics as a genre
1.1 Epic romances: a description
2. The poems making up the Persian epic cycle
2.1 A tentative classification
2.2 A descriptive overview
3. Origins and roles of the Sistani warriors
3.1 Possible origins of the later epics
3.2 Roles of the Sistani warriors in the Persian epic cycle

PART II. FARAMARZ AND THE SISTANI DYNASTY: IN THE SHAHNAME, LATER EPICS AND HISTORIES

Chapter 3. The Sistani dynasty in Ferdowsi’s Shahname

1. The older generations, Rostam, Zal, Zaware and Sam
1.1 Roles in the Shahname
1.2 Rulers of Sistan, Zabolestan and India
2. The confusing situation of Garshasp
3. Bizhan, the son of Banu Goshasp: the union of two noble houses
4. Faramarz’s appearances in the Shahname
4.1 The revenge of Siyawakhsh: Faramarz’s debut as a warrior in the Iranian army
4.2 Key Khosrow sends Faramarz on campaign to India
4.3 The remain

Über Autor(innen)

Marjolijn van Zutphen earned her doctorate at Leiden University (December 2011). She is currently researching the Persian traditions surrounding Eskandar, within the project Beyond the European Myth. In Search of the Afro-Asiatic Alexander Cycle at the Amsterdam Free University (VU).