There are many queens, princesses, heroines and witches in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (Book of Kings), from the Iran, Turan, the Roman Empire, China, India etc.

List of Women in the Shahnameh

  • Arezo, daughter of Mahyar
  • Arezo, wife of Salm
  • Azadeh, the lover of Bahram V Gor
  • Azarmidokht, Queen of Queens of Iran
  • Arnavāz, wife of Zahak and later of Freydon
  • Spanoy, a Turanian princess
  • Banou of Gazor
  • Banou of Gordoye
  • Banou of Mahbod
  • Boran, Queen of Queens of Iran
  • Beh-Afarid, daughter of Kay Vishtasp
  • Tahmina, mother of Sohrab and wife of Rustam
  • Jarireh, the first wife of Siyavash
  • Jamag, sister of Jamshid
  • Rudaba, wife of Zal and the mother of Rustam
  • Spinvad, an Indian princess and lover of Bahram V Gor
  • Sudabeh, wife of Kay Kavus
  • Sahi, wife of Iraj
  • Sindukht, grandmother of Rustam
  • Shahrnāz, daughter of Jamshid, wife of Zahak and Freydon
  • Faranak, mother of Freydon
  • Farangis, wife of Siyavash and mother of Kay Khosrow
  • Katāyoun, a Roman princess, wife of Kay Visthasp and step-mother of Esfandiyar
  • Gordafarid, 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 Parviz
  • Gol Shahr, wife of Piran Viseh
  • Mah Afarid, a woman who slept with Iraj, mother of Manuchihr
  • Manizheh, a Turanian princess, the lover of Bijan
  • Mehrnaz, sister of Kay Kavus
  • Homay, daughter of Kay Vishtasp
  • Kay Homay, Queen of Queens of Iran[1][2]

References

  1. "رده:شخصیت‌های زن شاهنامه", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2013-09-15, retrieved 2019-04-13
  2. "فهرست زنان شاهنامه", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2017-11-18, retrieved 2019-04-13
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