Farangis
Fictional biography
Family
She is the eldest daughter of
Afrasiab, king of
Turan. She is also the second and favourite wife of Siyâvash, the saintlike
prince of
Iran (Siyâvash's first wife was
Juraira daughter of
Piran Viseh) and mother of a legendary hero and later
Shah of Iran,
Kai Khosrow.
Life
Although a
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 Siyâvash.
After the murder of her husband Siyâvash and being left with her son Kai Khosrow, Farangis mourns him for a year. The dignitaries at the court of King Kavus try to console her. They promise that her brother-in-law Fariborz will avenge the murder of his brother. Further, they present Fariborz as a suitable husband for her. Aided by Rostam, Fariborz takes Farangis to his seraglio.
Further reading
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Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis trans. (2006), Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings , modern English translation (abridged), current standard. See also
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Davis, Dick, (translator), The Legend of Seyavash, (Penguin, 2001, Mage Publishers 2004) (abridged)
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Levy, Reuben (translator), The Epic of the Kings: Shah-Nama, the National Epic of Persia, (Mazda Publications, 1996) (abridged prose version)
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Warner, Arthur and Edmond Warner, (translators) The Shahnama of Firdausi, 9 vols. (London: Keegan Paul, 1905–1925) (complete English verse translation)
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Shirzad Aghaee, Nam-e kasan va ja'i-ha dar Shahnama-ye Ferdousi(Personalities and Places in the Shahnama of Ferdousi, Nyköping, Sweden, 1993. ()
