Faramarz and the Seven Labors

Document Type : مروری

Abstract

Farmarz-nameh is a natural epic poem written in the 5th or early 6th century. There is still no information about its poet. In this verse, the story of Faramarz, Rustam's son, is made into poetry. According to the historian of Tarikh-e Sistan, the news of Faramarz was more than twelve volumes, but the existing poem has about 1600 verses. This verse deals with Faramarz’s campaign to India to save Nowshaad Shah and the people of India from five problems. These problems are: 1- Konnas Div 2- Kayd Shah, one of the rulers of India, who has 900 thousand troops and takes a lot of ransom from people every year. 3- A strong, horned and nine-hundred-year-old wolf known as the talking wolf 4- Dragon 5- Thirty thousand destructive rhinoceroses. During the fight against Kayd Shah, two other big battles take place, which include: the battle with the Indian Nushdar, who has ten thousand troops, and the battle with a strong predator named Senur; So it can be said that like Rustam and Esfandiar, Faramarz had a kind of Seven Labors and it is appropriate to compare it with the Seven Labors of Rostam and Esfandiar and describe their structural features. Although Faramarz-nameh is greatly influenced by Shahnameh, its content is more similar to Gershasabnameh than any other book. One of the most important missions of Garshasab was to go to India to fight with Bhusha of India. The events that happened to Gershasab are very similar to the events that happened to Faramarz.

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