There are many queens, princesses, heroines and witches in
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 ...
's ''
Shahnameh'' (Book of Kings), from the
Iran,
Turan, the
Roman Empire,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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India etc.
List of Women in the ''Shahnameh''
* Arezo, daughter of Mahyar
* Arezo, wife of Salm
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Azadeh, the lover of Bahram V Gor
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Azarmidokht, Queen of Queens of Iran
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Arnavāz Arnavāz ( fa, اَرْنَواز) (Arənauuāčī in Avestan) is one of the two daughters (or possibly sisters) of Jamshid, the mythological king of Parsia. Arnavāz and her sister, Shahrnāz first married Zahhāk, but later married Fereydun, a ...
, wife of Zahak and later of Freydon
* Spanoy, a Turanian princess
* Banou of Gazor
* Banou of Gordoye
* Banou of Mahbod
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Boran, Queen of Queens of Iran
* Beh-Afarid, daughter of Kay Vishtasp
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Tahmina, mother of Sohrab and wife of Rustam
* Jarireh, the first wife of Siyavash
* Jamag, sister of Jamshid
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Rudaba, wife of Zal and the mother of Rustam
* Spinvad, an Indian princess and lover of Bahram V Gor
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Sudabeh
Sudabeh or Sodaba ( fa, سودابه) is a character in the Persian epic ''Shahnameh''. She was princess of Hamavaran kingdom and later, becomes the wife of Kay Kāvus, King of Iran, and stepmother to prince Siyavash.
The Story of Sudabeh
A ...
, wife of Kay Kavus
* Sahi, wife of Iraj
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Sindukht, grandmother of Rustam
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Shahrnāz, daughter of Jamshid, wife of Zahak and Freydon
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Faranak, mother of Freydon
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Farangis
Farangis ( fa, فَرَنگیس) or Frigis ( fa, فریگیس) is a female character in the Persian epic ''Shahnameh''. She is the eldest daughter of Afrasiab, king of Turan. She is also the second and favourite wife of Siyâvash, the saintlike p ...
, wife of Siyavash and mother of Kay Khosrow
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Katāyoun
Katāyoun ( fa, کَتایون) is a female figure in Shāhnāmeh and Iranian mythology. She is the wife of Goshtāsb and the mother of Esfandiār. In Shāhnāme, she is the daughter of the Kaiser of Rûm. But in Avestā and in Pahlavi texts, ...
, a Roman princess, wife of Kay Visthasp and step-mother of Esfandiyar
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Gordafarid
Gordāfarīd ( fa, گردآفريد) is one of the heroines in the '' Shāhnāmeh'' "The Book of Kings" or "The Epic of Kings", an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Hakīm Abū l-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī around 1000 AD. She was a c ...
, a young Iranian princess who fought Sohrab
* Gordiye, a princess and warrior of House of Mehran, sister of Bahram Chobin, wife of Vistahm and eventually wife of
Khosrow II
Khosrow II (spelled Chosroes II in classical sources; pal, 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩, Husrō), also known as Khosrow Parviz (New Persian: , "Khosrow the Victorious"), is considered to be the last great Sasanian king (shah) of Iran, ruling fr ...
Parviz
* Gol Shahr, wife of Piran Viseh
* Mah Afarid, a woman who slept with Iraj, mother of Manuchihr
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Manizheh
''Bijan and Manijeh'' (also ''Bizhan and Manizheh'', Persian بيژن و منيژه - ''Bīžan ow Manīža'') is a love story in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Bijan was the son of Giv, a famous Iranian knight during the reign of Kay Khosrow, the Sha ...
, a Turanian princess, the lover of Bijan
* Mehrnaz, sister of Kay Kavus
* Homay, daughter of Kay Vishtasp
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Kay Homay, Queen of Queens of Iran
References
Women in Shahnameh
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