Materials for a History of the Persian Narrative Tradition
This book gathers together two essays. The first deals with the origins of the character of Farhād, the unlucky lover of Shīrīn, who – in the Persian narrative tradition – digs a route through Mount Bīsutūn and accomplishes other admirable works. The essay suggests that Farhād, as we know him from l...
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| description | This book gathers together two essays. The first deals with the origins of the character of Farhād, the unlucky lover of Shīrīn, who – in the Persian narrative tradition – digs a route through Mount Bīsutūn and accomplishes other admirable works. The essay suggests that Farhād, as we know him from long narrative poems, historical chronicles, and reports by geographers and travelers, is the issue of a conflation between the legendary character of the Master of Mount Bīsutūn and a historical personage, Farrahān, the general-in-chief of the Sasanid king Khusraw II Parvīz’s army (r. 590-628 EC), as this figure was re-elaborated in a number of later legends. The second essay identifies a character named ‘Būrān-dukht’ as the prototype from which Turandot, the heroine of the tale well-known in Europe from Puccini’s opera (1926), springs. Two historical personages, both called Būrān or Būrān-dukht, are relevant in this line of development: the first is the daughter of the Sasanid king Khusraw II Parvīz (r. 580-628 CE), who was queen of Persia for a short period (630-631 CE); the other is the daughter of Ḥasan b. Sahl, wife of Caliph al-Maʾmūn (813-833 CE). |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1772342026-06-06T05:35:51Z Materials for a History of the Persian Narrative Tradition Būrān-dukht Farhād Farrahān Shahr-barāz Niẓāmī Origins of literary characters Persian narrative tradition The Turandot tale Turandot CFN thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSM Comparative literature This book gathers together two essays. The first deals with the origins of the character of Farhād, the unlucky lover of Shīrīn, who – in the Persian narrative tradition – digs a route through Mount Bīsutūn and accomplishes other admirable works. The essay suggests that Farhād, as we know him from long narrative poems, historical chronicles, and reports by geographers and travelers, is the issue of a conflation between the legendary character of the Master of Mount Bīsutūn and a historical personage, Farrahān, the general-in-chief of the Sasanid king Khusraw II Parvīz’s army (r. 590-628 EC), as this figure was re-elaborated in a number of later legends. The second essay identifies a character named ‘Būrān-dukht’ as the prototype from which Turandot, the heroine of the tale well-known in Europe from Puccini’s opera (1926), springs. Two historical personages, both called Būrān or Būrān-dukht, are relevant in this line of development: the first is the daughter of the Sasanid king Khusraw II Parvīz (r. 580-628 CE), who was queen of Persia for a short period (630-631 CE); the other is the daughter of Ḥasan b. Sahl, wife of Caliph al-Maʾmūn (813-833 CE). 2026-06-06T05:35:49Z 2026-06-06T05:35:49Z 2026-06-05T15:35:17Z 2019 book 2610-9441 https://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-355-7/ https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114053 9788869693540 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177234 ita Medieval and Modern Philologies open access image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/114053/4/fcb1549b-ec7b-4a0f-97fa-062ac78c03c6.pdf Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 10.30687/978-88-6969-354-0 10.30687/978-88-6969-354-0 9788869693540 Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 116 Venice, Italy open access |
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| topic | Būrān-dukht Farhād Farrahān Shahr-barāz Niẓāmī Origins of literary characters Persian narrative tradition The Turandot tale Turandot CFN thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSM Comparative literature |
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