Gordafarid

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Sohrab fights against Gordāfarīd

Gordāfarīd ( Persian گردآفريد) is one of the heroines in the Iranian national epic Shāhnāme , the life's work of the Iranian poet Abū ʾl-Qāsim Firdausī (940 / 41-1020). Gordāfarīd was the daughter of King Gostaham (Gaždaham), the administrator of the "White Castle" (DEŽ-E SAFĪD). When Sohrab , the son of Rostam , coming from Turan , attacked the White Castle, Gordāfarīd opposed him in male armor. She lost the duel against Sohrab, who took her prisoner, but then released her again against a promise of marriage and escorted her back to the White Castle. She rode quickly through the open castle gate and let the gate close quickly, leaving Sohrab behind. Sohrab captured the castle the following day and had a search for Gordāfarīd, but that night she and her father had fled through an underground passage and escaped Sohrab, who was in love.

Gordāfarīd is a prime example of the courageous and brave Iranian woman: beautiful, desirable, brave and cunning. Firdausi describes Gordāfarīd in the following words:

"Her name was Gurdaferid, which means" a hero created "
because she, the tender maiden, was a hero in arms."

And Sohrab describes Gordāfarīd:

“When I saw you upstairs, I thought: How beautiful she is!
But now I see that you are even more beautiful. "

Aware of the effect of her beauty, the bound Gordāfarīd Sohrab flatters:

“She spoke and looked at him with a look
with which she transferred the ropes from herself to him;
Bethöret he took the line from her neck.
How with pleasure did she feel the beautiful neck free,
And how with pride! Only now did she see how strong she was,
since such detention broke with flattery. "

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References and comments

  1. ↑ Aḥmad Tafażżolī: DEŽ-E SAFĪD (White fortress) In: Encyclopædia Iranica
  2. ^ Friedrich Rückert : Rostem and Suhrab. A hero story in 12 books. Reprint of the first edition from 1838. epubli, Berlin, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86931-571-3 , third book, chap. 20-1. (Details)
  3. ^ Friedrich Rückert: Rostem and Suhrab. A hero story in 12 books. Reprint of the first edition from 1838. epubli, Berlin, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86931-571-3 , third book, chap. 30-1.
  4. ^ Metaphor for long hair; see: Jürgen Ehlers (ed. and transl.): Abū'l-Qāsem Ferdausi: Rostam - The legends from the Šāhnāme . Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart, 2002, ISBN 3-15-050039-7 , p. 363
  5. ^ Friedrich Rückert: Rostem and Suhrab. A hero story in 12 books. Reprint of the first edition from 1838. epubli, Berlin, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86931-571-3 , third book, chap. 31-2.

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