Bahmanname
Encyclopedia
The Bahman-nama is a Persian
epic
poem of 9500 Distichs (couplets) about Bahman the son of Esfandiyar
of the royal Kayanid dynasty. The earliest attestation of this work is in the book Mojmal al-tawarikh which gives the author as Hakim Īrānšāh b. Abi'l Khayr.
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
epic
Epic poetry
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
poem of 9500 Distichs (couplets) about Bahman the son of Esfandiyar
Esfandiyar
Esfandiyār , also transliterated as Esfandyar, Isfandiar, Isfandiyar or Esfandiar, is a legendary Iranian hero. He was the son and the crown prince of the Kayanian King Goshtasp and brother of the saintly Pashotan .Perso-Arabic 'Esfandyar' derives from...
of the royal Kayanid dynasty. The earliest attestation of this work is in the book Mojmal al-tawarikh which gives the author as Hakim Īrānšāh b. Abi'l Khayr.