Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero : Texts and Traditions of the Farāmarznāme and the Persian Epic Cycle.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Transcription, Dates, Quotations, and Bibliographical Citations -- Chronological Table -- Map of Greater Iran and Northern India -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Part 1 Ferdowsi's Shāhnāme and the Persian Epic Cycle: Texts and Origins -- Chapter 1 The History of the Kings, the Sistāni Cycle, and the Manuscript Tradition -- 1 Ferdowsi's Shāhnāme, Its Origins, and Supposed Sources -- 2 Parthian Origins of the Sistāni Cycle: Tentative Links to Historical Events -- 3 Shāhnāme Manuscripts and Editions: Reconstructions and Reinterpretations -- Chapter 2 The Persian Epic Cycle -- 1 The Later Epics as a Genre -- 2 The Poems Making Up the Persian Epic Cycle -- 3 Origins and Roles of the Sistāni Warriors -- Part 2 Farāmarz and the Sistāni Dynasty: In the Shāhnāme, Later Epics, and Histories -- Chapter 3 The Sistāni Dynasty in Ferdowsi's Shāhnāme -- 1 The Older Generations: Rostam, Zāl, Zawāre, and Sām -- 2 The Confusing Situation of Garshāsp -- 3 Bizhan, the Son of Bānu Goshasp: The Union of Two Noble Houses -- 4 Farāmarz's Appearances in the Shāhnāme -- Chapter 4 Farāmarz's Role in Six Later Epics -- 1 The Bānu Goshaspnāme: Farāmarz's Youth -- 2 The Shabrangnāme: Farāmarz's First Test of War -- 3 The Jahāngirnāme: Farāmarz Saves Jahāngir's Life -- 4 The Borzunāme -- 5 The Shahriyārnāme: Farāmarz Returns from India -- 6 The Bahmannāme -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Farāmarz and the Sistāni Dynasty in Six Histories and an Encyclopaedia -- 1 Ṭabari's Universal History: Farāmarz Added to the History of the Kings -- 2 Balʿami: The Persian Version of Ṭabari's History -- 3 Ṡaʿālebi's Arabic History of the Persian Kings -- 4 The Mojmal al-tawārikh waʾl-qeṣaṣ: A Source on Persian Epic Traditions -- 5 Shahmardān b. Abiʾl-Kheyr's Nozhatnāme-ye ʿalāʾi: Farāmarz's Indian Campaign.

6 Malek Shāh Sistāni's Eḥyāʾ al-moluk and Its Example, the Tārikh-e Sistān -- 7 Conclusion -- Part 3 The Shorter and the Longer Farāmarznāme: Manuscripts and Contents -- Chapter 6 Texts of the Farāmarznāme -- 1 The Shorter Farāmarznāme -- 2 The Longer Farāmarznāme: The Separate Poem -- 3 The Interpolated Longer Farāmarznāme in Four Shāhnāme Manuscripts -- 4 The Indian Manuscripts: Two Shorter and Four Longer Farāmarznāmes -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The Shorter Farāmarznāme -- 1 Previous Research -- 2 The Story -- 3 Analysis -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 The Longer Farāmarznāme -- 1 Speculations on the Poem's Date and Sources -- 2 The Introductory Section - Two Different Versions -- 3 The Main Story - Part One: Farāmarz's Campaign on the Indian Mainland -- 4 The Interpolated Longer Farāmarznāme: A Retelling of the Epic's First Part -- 5 The Main Story - Part Two: Farāmarz's Travels to the Indian Islands -- 6 Analysis -- 7 Conclusion -- Conclusion. Farāmarz, the Hero -- 1 Farāmarz, the Historical Conqueror -- 2 Farāmarz, the Epic Warrior and the Folktale Hero -- 3 Farāmarz, Hero of the Later Shāhnāme Manuscripts -- Appendix 1 Manuscripts and Lithographs of the Shāhnāme and the Later Epics -- 1 Manuscripts -- 2 Lithographed Editions -- Appendix 2 Rubrics of the Shorter Farāmarznāme -- 1 The Rubrics of London (and Oxford) and Paris Compared -- 2 The Rubrics of L, BL, IO, and Leiden Compared -- Appendix 3 Comparison of the Verses of the Texts of the Shorter Farāmarznāme -- Appendix 4 Rubrics of the Longer Farāmarznāme -- Appendix 5 Comparison of the Verses of the Texts of the Longer Farāmarznāme -- Appendix 6 Rubrics of the Interpolated Longer Farāmarznāme -- Bibliography -- 1 Primary Sources -- 2 Secondary Sources -- Index -- _Ref265493784 -- _Ref318408683 -- _Ref265576589 -- _Ref264966383 -- _Ref259634340 -- shabrangnāme3 -- _Ref278187526.

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In Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the role played by the legendary warrior Farāmarz in the shorter and the longer Farāmarznāme, compared to his appearances in several other later epic poems and in Ferdowsi's Shāhnāme.

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