Author(s): Saghi Gazerani
Series: Studies in Persian Cultural History, Volume: 7
Publisher: Brill
Year: 16 November 20
Language: English
Pages: 250
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Notes on Transliteration......Page 11
List of Figures......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Chapter 1 The Historical Context......Page 25
1.1 The Scythio-Parthian Kingdom of Sistan......Page 26
1.2 The Ruling Family in Sistan in Ancient Times......Page 42
1.3 The Family of Suren, the Family of Rostam......Page 48
1.4 The Other Parthian Family......Page 52
1.5 Reflections of Parthian History in the SCE......Page 56
Chapter 2 The Appropriation of an Avestan Hero and the Birth of the House of Rostam......Page 59
2.1 Garshāsp’s Genealogy......Page 62
2.2 Garshāsp and the Founding of Sistan......Page 64
2.3 The Repertoire of Heroic Motifs......Page 68
2.4 Another Version of the Story/History......Page 75
2.5 Footprints of a Religious Conflict......Page 80
Chapter 3 The Zenith of Suren Power......Page 84
3.1.1 Babr-e Bayān......Page 86
3.1.2 Kok-e Kuhzād......Page 90
3.1.3 The Haft-Khān......Page 93
3.2.1 A Time of Alliance......Page 96
3.2.2 The Special Status of the House of Rostam......Page 102
3.2.3 The Beginning of the End: The Advent of Lohrāsp......Page 114
Chapter 4 The Downtrodden Sistani Heroes......Page 130
4.1 Borzu......Page 134
4.2 Jahāngir......Page 147
4.3 Shahriyār......Page 149
Chapter 5 The Polemics of Making Heroes and Anti-Heroes......Page 159
5.1 Farāmarz in Qannuj......Page 160
5.2 Transformation of Heroic Imagery......Page 165
5.3 Farāmarz and Bahman: The Final Showdown......Page 178
5.4 Bahman the Anti-Hero Par Excellence......Page 199
Epilogue......Page 208
Rostam Stories not Included in the Shāhnāmeh......Page 211
Garshāspnāmeh......Page 212
Bahmannāmeh......Page 213
Farāmarznāmeh......Page 214
Bānu-Goshaspnāmeh......Page 217
Borzunāmeh......Page 219
Shahriyārnāmeh......Page 220
Jahāngirnāmeh......Page 222
2 Al-Thaʿālibi......Page 223
3 Al-Ṭabari......Page 225
5 Gardizi......Page 226
7 Ibn Balkhi......Page 227
9 Mujmal al-Tawārikh wa’l Qiṣṣaṣ......Page 228
Figures......Page 230
Bibliography......Page 237
Index......Page 246
