Ferhád

Family: Irán · Role: ambassador · First appears: The Seven Labors of Rustem · Part 4

Life events

• Káús sent Ferhád as an ambassador to urge the king of Mázinderán to submit.(The Seven Labors of Rustem · Part 4)
  • With: Kai-káús
  • “Káús afterwards sent Ferhád as an ambassador to the king of Mázinderán, suggesting to him the expediency of submission, and representing to him the terrible fall of Arzang, and of the White Demon with all his host, as a warning against resistance to the valor of Rustem.”
• Ferhád reported the king of Mázinderán's defiant response to Káús.(The Seven Labors of Rustem · Part 4)
  • With: Kai-káús
  • “This haughty tone made a deep impression upon Ferhád, who returning quickly, told Káús of the proud bearing and fancied power of the ruler of Mázinderán.”
• Káús summons his chiefs and seeks their counsel on defending against the invasion.(Story of Sohráb · Part 5)
  • With: Kai-káús Girgín Báhrám Gushwád Tús Gíw Gúdarz
  • “Meantime Káús, this dire invasion known, Had called his chiefs around his ivory throne: There stood Gurgín, and Báhrám, and Gushwád, And Tús, and Gíw, and Gúdárz, and Ferhád; To them he read the melancholy tale, Gust'hem had written of the rising bale; Besought their aid and prudent choice, to form Some sure defence against the threatening storm.”

The Seven Labors of Rustem · Part 4

• king or master: Kai-káús (Káús sends Ferhád on an embassy.) “Káús afterwards sent Ferhád as an ambassador to the king of Mázinderán,”

The Return of Kai-káús · Part 2

• enemies with Afrásiyáb “The champion arrayed in his buburiyán, mounted Rakush, and advanced towards the Túránian army. Afrásiyáb, when he beheld him in all his terrible strength and vigor, was amazed and disheartened, accompanied, as he was, by Tús, and Gúdarz, and Gurgín, and Gíw, and Báhrám, and Berzín, and Ferhád.”

Story of Sohráb · Part 5

• king or master: Kai-káús (Ferhád is identified among Káús's chiefs.) “There stood Gurgín, and Báhrám, and Gushwád, And Tús, and Gíw, and Gúdárz, and Ferhád;”

The Story of Saiáwush · Part 7

• king or master: Kai-káús “His warriors, Tús, and Gúdarz, and Báhrám, and Fríburz, and Ferhád, felt with equal keenness the loss of the amiable prince”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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