Kai Chosrau (mythology)

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Kai Chosrow moves with his army against Afrasi. An illustration of the shahhnams from 1430.

Kai Chosrau or Kai Chosrou ( Persian کیخسرو) was the seventh king of the heroic age. He comes from the mystical family of the Iranian Kayanids and is a significant figure in Ferdosis Shāhnāme . He was the son of Siyawasch and on his mother's side the grandson of the Turan king Afrasiab . Similarities between Ferdose's story of Kai Chosrau in Shahnama and the Cyrus legend suggest that Kai Chosrau could be identical to Cyrus II .

Kai Chosrau in Schahname

Kai Chosrau was born after the death of his father Siyawasch and was placed in the care of shepherds from Mount Kalur near Bamiyan . He was able to use a bow and arrow when he was seven years old. By the age of ten, he showed no fear of tigers or lions. Kai Chosrau was later wanted by Gew , Rostam's son-in-law , in Turan and brought back to Iran with his mother. Gew's father, Guderz , saw in a dream that the Kayanid heir, Kai Chosrow, lived in the land of Turan.

“In Turan a Shah is young and happy,
He is called Shah Kei Chosro, Who came
from Siyavush's loins,
A prince of virtue and noble tribe.
The noble one comes from Keikobad
And Tur has ancestors from his mother. "

After his return to Iran, Kai Chosrau was welcomed by his grandfather Shah Kai Kawus and appointed heir to the throne. He soon conquered the Bahmandiz fortress near Ardabil and built a fire temple there. Next, he began a campaign against Turan to seek revenge for his father Siywash and. Despite an initial defeat, he was later able to surround and kill King Afrasiab .

Ferdosi gives the account of the long war between Iran and Turan in the Shāhnāme wide space. Kai Chosrau is first mentioned in Sage XVI. In Sage XVII, Kai Chosrau's first war against Afrasiab is described. The following legends tell of the further clashes between Iran and Turan. The final defeat of Afrasiab is told in Sage XXIV. In Sage XXV Ferdosi then describes the death of Shah Kai Kawus , Kai Chosrau's grandfather, Kai Chosrau's accession to the throne and his mysterious death.

After the end of the war with Afrasiab, there was peace in the empire. Kai Chosrau, now old, decided Lorasp to be his successor, said goodbye to everyone and went on a journey of no return with his followers. Under mysterious circumstances, he disappeared the night after he washed himself in a spring.

“When part of the night
passed away , Chosro rose to pray.
In the bright spring he washed his head and chest
and spoke softly to it Zend Ust.
Then he greets the heroes affectionately:
"Well, goodbye to me forever!
When the sun rises in the room,
you will never see me except in a dream."
...
When the sun rose from the mountain,
The Shah disappeared from the eyes of the princes. "

See also

literature

  • Friedrich Rückert : Firdosi's Book of Kings (Schahname) Sage XV-XIX. Edited from the estate by EA Bayer. Reprint: epubli, Berlin 2010. ISBN 978-3-86931-407-5 .
  • Jürgen Ehlers (ed. And translator): Abū'l-Qāsem Ferdausi: Rostam - The legends from the Šāhnāme . Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart, 2002, pp. 246-248 ( Xosraus death ). ISBN 3-15-050039-7 .
  • Uta von Witzleben : Firdausi: Stories from the Schahnameh. Eugen Diederichs Verlag, Düsseldorf and Cologne 1960, pp. 240–260.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abū'l-Qāsem Ferdausi: Rostam - The legends from the Šāhnāme. Translated from Persian and edited by Jürgen Ehlers, Stuttgart 2002, p. 405.
  2. ↑ Friedrich Rückert : Firdosi's King's Book (Schahname) Sage XV-XIX. Edited from the estate by EA Bayer. Reprint: epubli, Berlin 2010, p. 201.
  3. ↑ Friedrich Rückert: Firdosi's King's Book (Schahname) Sage XX-XXVI. Edited from the estate by EA Bayer. Reprint of the first edition. epubli Berlin, 2010, p. 264 f.
predecessor Office successor
Kai Kawus King of Shāhnāme
1800–2300 after Gayomarth 		Lohrāsp