Iblís

Role: Evil Spirit · First appears: Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1

Life events

• Iblís approached Zohák disguised as a virtuous man and secured his oath of secrecy.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
  • With: Zohák
  • “One day Iblís, the Evil Spirit, appeared to Zohák in the disguise of a good and virtuous man, and conversed with him in the most agreeable manner.”
• Iblís persuaded Zohák to kill his father and take the throne.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
  • With: Zohák
  • “But as soon as the oath was taken, Iblís said to him: ‘Thy father has become old and worthless, and thou art young, and wise, and valiant. Let him no longer stand in thy way, but kill him; the robes of sovereignty are ready, and better adapted for thee.’”
• Iblís trapped Mirtás in a pit, and Mirtás died from his injuries.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
  • With: Mirtás Zohák
  • “At night, as the king was going, as usual, to the house of prayer, he fell into the pit, and his legs and arms being broken by the fall, he shortly expired.”
• Iblís gained influence over Zohák and became director of the royal kitchen.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
  • With: Zohák
  • “To such an extreme degree had his authority attained, that he became the sole director even in the royal kitchen, and prepared for Zohák the most delicious and savory food imaginable;”
• Iblís kissed Zohák's shoulder, causing two black serpents to spring from it.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
  • With: Zohák
  • “Iblís then kissed the part with fiendish glee, And vanished in an instant. From the touch Sprang two black serpents!”
• Iblís returned disguised as a physician and told Zohák the serpents were incurable.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
  • With: Zohák
  • “Some time afterwards Iblís returned to Zohák, but in the shape of a physician, and told him that it was according to his own horoscope that he suffered in this manner--it was, in short, his destiny--and that the serpents would continue connected with him throughout his life, involving him in perpetual misery.”
• Iblís advised Zohák to feed the serpents human brains to prolong his life.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
  • With: Zohák
  • “Zohák sunk into despair, upon the assurance of there being no remedy for him, but Iblís again roused him by saying, that if the serpents were fed daily with human brains, which would probably kill them, his life might be prolonged, and made easy.”

Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1

• with Zohák (Iblís manipulates and directs Zohák.) “When Iblís found that he had got Zohák completely in his power, he told him that, if he followed his counsel and advice implicitly, he would become the greatest monarch of the age, the sovereign of the seven climes, signifying the whole world.”
• enemies with Mirtás “But as soon as the oath was taken, Iblís said to him: ‘Thy father has become old and worthless, and thou art young, and wise, and valiant. Let him no longer stand in thy way, but kill him; the robes of sovereignty are ready, and better adapted for thee.’”

Gushtásp, and the Faith of Zerdusht · Part 1

• with Arjásp (Arjásp compares Zerdusht to Iblís; no relationship is established.) “Thou hast chosen a guide possessed of the attributes of Iblís, who with the art of a magician has seduced thee from the worship of the true God”

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Extracted from the original text of The Sháh Námeh. Made with Rho MD.