Farangis

Farangis

Farangis is a character in the Persian epic Shahnameh. She is the daughter of Afrasiab, king of Turan, and later marries prince Siyavash of Iran. Their son is the legendary hero and later Shah of Iran, Kai Khosrow. Although a Turanian by birth, Farangis shows loyalty to her husband's kingdom and dynasty. She accompanies her son when he leaves Turan in the hopes of gathering an Iranian army to avenge Siyavash.Fact|date=July 2007


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bukhara — Infobox Settlement official name = Bukhara native name =Buxoro imagesize = 250px image caption = Mir i Arab madrasah image map caption = pushpin pushpin label position =bottom pushpin mapsize = 300 pushpin map caption =Location in Uzbekistan… …   Wikipedia

  • The Heroic Legend of Arslan — Infobox animanga/Header name = The Heroic Legend of Arslan caption = An animated illustration by Sachiko Kamimura ja name = アルスラーン戦記 ja name trans = genre = Infobox animanga/Novel title = author = Yoshiki Tanaka illustrator = Yoshitaka Amano… …   Wikipedia

  • Bride kidnapping — Thought to be a bride kidnapping in progress in Central Asia, circa 1870 Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice throughout history and around the world in which a man abducts the woman he… …   Wikipedia

  • Siavash Ghomayshi — Infobox Musical artist Name = fa. سیاوش قمیشی Siavash Ghomeyshi| Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = solo singer Birth name = Born = 1945 Dezful, Iran Origin = Instrument = Piano Guitar Voice type = Tenor Genre = Pop Occupation =… …   Wikipedia

  • Giv — Gīv kehrt zusammen mit Farangis und Kai Khosrow zurück in den Iran Gīv auch Gev oder Gew ist ein mythischer Held der iranischen Mythologie und eine wichtige Figur in dem iranischen Nationalepos Schāhnāme …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Afrasiab — ( afrāsiyāb ) ( fa. افراسياب; Avestan: Fraŋrasyan; Pahlavi: Frāsiyāv, Frāsiyāk and Freangrāsyāk), is the name of the mythical King and hero of Turan and an archenemy of Iran. It is also the name of a city, referred to Afrosiyob in Uzbek, in old… …   Wikipedia

  • List of most popular given names — The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends, or else be… …   Wikipedia

  • Asadi Tusi — Abu Mansur Ali ibn Ahmad Asadi Tusi (born: Tus, Iranian province of Khorasan died: 1072 Tabriz, Iran) is arguably the second most important Persian poet of the Iranian national epics, after Ferdowsi who also happens to come from the same town of… …   Wikipedia

  • Cup of Jamshid — Hafez looking at the Cup of Jamshid, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Turkish manuscript of 1477, author unknown, from Shîrâz, Iran The Cup of Jamshid (Cup of Djemscheed or Jaam e Jam, in Persian: جام جم) is a cup of divination which, in …   Wikipedia

  • Ehsan Yarshater — [ Columbia University, is one of the world s leading Iranologists.] Ehsan Yarshater (PerB|احسان يارشاطر, born April 3, 1920, Hamadan, Iran) is the director of The Center for Iranian Studies and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”