House of Nowzar
( fa, خاندان نوذر) also known as Nowzarian (نوذریان) is an important Iranian clan in
Shahnameh
The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,00 ...
and
Persian mythology.
Nowzar ruled
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
for seven years. After his death, the grandees of Iran didn't recognize his sons
Tous and
Gostaham as the
shahanshah of Iran and instead they gave the throne to
Kayanian dynasty
The Kayanians (Persian: دودمان کیانیان; also Kays, Kayanids, Kaianids, Kayani, or Kiani) are a legendary dynasty of Persian/Iranian tradition and folklore which supposedly ruled after the Pishdadians. Considered collectively, the Kay ...
.
The Nowzaran family
The House of Nowzar and the
House of Goudarz
House of Goudarz ( fa, خاندان گودرز) or Goudarzian (گودرزیان) is an important Iranian family in ''Shahnameh'' and Persian mythology. They are descendants of Kave the Blacksmith.The Shahnameh explicitly attributes the Goodarzian ...
were in power struggle with each other. Before
Kay Kavus, House of Goudarz had many power and influence. But at his time, House of Nowzar achieved more power. Before Kay Kavus, members of House of Goudarz were spahbeds of Iranian army and also, they were standard-bearer of Iran in wars, but after him, these responsibilities were passed to the House of Nowzar. At the time of
Kay Khosrow
Kay Khosrow ( fa, کیخسرو) is a legendary king of Iran of Kayanian dynasty and a character in the Persian epic book, ''Shahnameh''. He was the son of the Iranian prince Siavash who married princess Farangis of Turan while in exile. Befo ...
, House of Goudarz regained their power. According to Toqyan-e Sakayi, Afghanestanian writer,
Rostam and
Siavash Siyâvash ( fa, سیاوش) or Siavash ( fa, سياووش) is an Iranian legendary prince, a major figure in Ferdowsi's epic, the ''Shahnameh''.
Siyâvash or various other transliterations from Persian/Farsi/Azerbaijani languages may also refer to ...
favored the House of Goudarz and
Kay Kavus and
Fariburz
Fariburz, known in Byzantine sources as Phabrizus ( el, Φάβριζος), was a 6th-century Iranian peoples, Iranian military officer from the House of Mihran, Mihran family, who served under the Sasanian king Khosrau I (r. 531–579).
Biography ...
favored the House of Nowzar.
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Ferdowsi
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...
Shahnameh. From the Moscow version. Mohammed Publishing.
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