KHOSROW AND SHIRIN
HEARING OF THE GRACES OF SHIRIN, PRINCESS OF ARMENIA, PARVIZ, SON OF HORMUZ, KING OF PERSIA, FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE PRINCESS. SHIRIN IN TURN FALLS IN LOVE WITH PARVIZ WHEN SHE HAS THE OCCASION TO SEE HIS PORTRAIT PAINTED BY HIS TALENTED COMPANION SHAPUR. MANY OBSTACLES MUST BE OVERCOME BEFORE THE TWO LOVERS ARE FINALLY UNITED. BY THAT TIME, THE PERSIAN PRINCE SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER BECOMING KHOSROW PARVIZ. AFTERWARD HE HAS A SON BY ANOTHER SPOUSE. THE SON IS NAMED SHURIYEH. ALTHOUGH HE IS AWARE OF THE MALEVOLENCE OF HIS OWN SON, KHOSROW PARVIZ STILL ALLOWS FOR HIS SON TO SUCCEED HIM AS KING, IN ORDER THAT HE CAN SPEND ALL HIS DAYS WITH HIS TRUE LOVE SHIRIN, FAR FROM THE TROUBLES OF THE KINGDOM. SHURIYEH HOWEVER IMPRISONS HIS FATHER ALONG WITH HIS STEPMOTHER SHIRIN, IN A CASTLE WHICH WILL LATER BE THE PLACE OF HIS EXECUTION ON THE ORDERS OF HIS OWN SON.. SHIRIN QUIETLY SUFFERS THE DEATH OF HER LOVER CAUSED BY THE TREACHERY OF HIS OWN SON. ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL OF PARVIZ, SHE ENTERS THE TOMB WHERE HIS BODY HAS BEEN PLACED AND PLUNGES A DAGGER INTO HER OWN HEART, ON HER LAST BREATH FALLING ON THE CORPSE OF HER LOVER, ONCE AGAIN UNITED WITH HIM IN DEATH..
HEARING OF THE GRACES OF SHIRIN, PRINCESS OF ARMENIA, PARVIZ, SON OF HORMUZ, KING OF PERSIA, FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE PRINCESS. SHIRIN IN TURN FALLS IN LOVE WITH PARVIZ WHEN SHE HAS THE OCCASION TO SEE HIS PORTRAIT PAINTED BY HIS TALENTED COMPANION SHAPUR. MANY OBSTACLES MUST BE OVERCOME BEFORE THE TWO LOVERS ARE FINALLY UNITED. BY THAT TIME, THE PERSIAN PRINCE SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER BECOMING KHOSROW PARVIZ. AFTERWARD HE HAS A SON BY ANOTHER SPOUSE. THE SON IS NAMED SHURIYEH. ALTHOUGH HE IS AWARE OF THE MALEVOLENCE OF HIS OWN SON, KHOSROW PARVIZ STILL ALLOWS FOR HIS SON TO SUCCEED HIM AS KING, IN ORDER THAT HE CAN SPEND ALL HIS DAYS WITH HIS TRUE LOVE SHIRIN, FAR FROM THE TROUBLES OF THE KINGDOM. SHURIYEH HOWEVER IMPRISONS HIS FATHER ALONG WITH HIS STEPMOTHER SHIRIN, IN A CASTLE WHICH WILL LATER BE THE PLACE OF HIS EXECUTION ON THE ORDERS OF HIS OWN SON.. SHIRIN QUIETLY SUFFERS THE DEATH OF HER LOVER CAUSED BY THE TREACHERY OF HIS OWN SON. ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL OF PARVIZ, SHE ENTERS THE TOMB WHERE HIS BODY HAS BEEN PLACED AND PLUNGES A DAGGER INTO HER OWN HEART, ON HER LAST BREATH FALLING ON THE CORPSE OF HER LOVER, ONCE AGAIN UNITED WITH HIM IN DEATH..
Rostam and Sohrab
Rostam, the great hero of Persians, searches for a wfe in the nearby Kingdom of Samagan, There the king invites him as a guest in his palace. Late at night, the king's daughter, Tahmineh slips into the hero's bedchamber and reveals her beauty to him, the light of the single lantern she carries, the only illumination between them. After their passionate night together, Rostam offers Tahmineh an amulet, instructing her that if they have a son, he is to wear it around his arm. Rostam leaves Tahmineh with the first light of sun,Tahmineh filled with forebdoing that he will never see her lover again. Rostam returns home. As the years pass he forgets that night of love he passed in Samagan. Tahmineh however always is reminded of Rostam for she has their son who always wears on his arm the amulet her lover gave her The son grows up and becomes a brave paladin like his father. She calls him Sohrab. One day Sohrab asks his mother about his father. Once the story is told, Sohrab is determined to find his father. How proud he would be of this son he never knew! In his quest, Sohrab engages in a number fo miltary exploits, earning for himself a reputation of prowess on the battlefield matched only by that of Rostam.. Yet one day, fate cruelly places Sohrab and Rostam fighting on opposite sides of the same battlefield. Rostam at that time is already older, touched with the cunning and cynicism that comes from many years of war making. Youthful Sohrab however still has the unknowing yearning for glory. Neither recognize each other through the armour and the many years that have passed between them. The two fight together in single combat to the death. It is only when Sohrab falls dying that he cries out the name of the father he has been seeking. At first Rostam cannot believe Sohrab's claim. It is only when he removes the armor of the young paladin, that Rostam sees the dying youth wear on his arm the very amulet he gave to Tahmineh. Rostam roars in grief, weeping futile tears to what cannot be undoneThink! Who abideth in the in the world for ever? We are the quarry, and death hunteth us, No matter whether we wear casqued or crown
Rostam, the great hero of Persians, searches for a wfe in the nearby Kingdom of Samagan, There the king invites him as a guest in his palace. Late at night, the king's daughter, Tahmineh slips into the hero's bedchamber and reveals her beauty to him, the light of the single lantern she carries, the only illumination between them. After their passionate night together, Rostam offers Tahmineh an amulet, instructing her that if they have a son, he is to wear it around his arm. Rostam leaves Tahmineh with the first light of sun,Tahmineh filled with forebdoing that he will never see her lover again. Rostam returns home. As the years pass he forgets that night of love he passed in Samagan. Tahmineh however always is reminded of Rostam for she has their son who always wears on his arm the amulet her lover gave her The son grows up and becomes a brave paladin like his father. She calls him Sohrab. One day Sohrab asks his mother about his father. Once the story is told, Sohrab is determined to find his father. How proud he would be of this son he never knew! In his quest, Sohrab engages in a number fo miltary exploits, earning for himself a reputation of prowess on the battlefield matched only by that of Rostam.. Yet one day, fate cruelly places Sohrab and Rostam fighting on opposite sides of the same battlefield. Rostam at that time is already older, touched with the cunning and cynicism that comes from many years of war making. Youthful Sohrab however still has the unknowing yearning for glory. Neither recognize each other through the armour and the many years that have passed between them. The two fight together in single combat to the death. It is only when Sohrab falls dying that he cries out the name of the father he has been seeking. At first Rostam cannot believe Sohrab's claim. It is only when he removes the armor of the young paladin, that Rostam sees the dying youth wear on his arm the very amulet he gave to Tahmineh. Rostam roars in grief, weeping futile tears to what cannot be undoneThink! Who abideth in the in the world for ever? We are the quarry, and death hunteth us, No matter whether we wear casqued or crown
Bijan and Manijeh
Bijan, a young paladin dispatched by the Persian king, Kay Khosrow on a mission to save the people of Armenia from a scrouge which has left their land in famine. On his journey, the young hero chances upon an enocunter with Manijeh, daughter of Afrasyab, King of Turan, the perpetual foe of Persia, who is enjoying a party with her women in a meadow nearby the borders of Armenia.The peincess and the paladin become smitten with one another and the princess vows to keep their affair secret from her father Afrastab. When her father however by chance finds out about this secret tryst, he banishes his own daughter and has the young hero thrown into a deep well, whose mouth is stopped by a large stone
Manjieh visits the well every day and through a small opening left by the stone, with a rope she sends down food she has begged for that day to nourish her imprisoned lover. Kay khosrow, in the meanwhile, in looking into a magic cup, finds out that Bijan has been taken prisoner by his for foe, the King of Turan. This time he dispatches, the great paladin, Rostam, strongest of men, to rescue the young hero.Through his strength and his stealth, Rostam rescues Bijan and returns with both him and his lover Manijeh. The two lovers are then married under the blessings of the king, Kay Khosrow.
Bijan, a young paladin dispatched by the Persian king, Kay Khosrow on a mission to save the people of Armenia from a scrouge which has left their land in famine. On his journey, the young hero chances upon an enocunter with Manijeh, daughter of Afrasyab, King of Turan, the perpetual foe of Persia, who is enjoying a party with her women in a meadow nearby the borders of Armenia.The peincess and the paladin become smitten with one another and the princess vows to keep their affair secret from her father Afrastab. When her father however by chance finds out about this secret tryst, he banishes his own daughter and has the young hero thrown into a deep well, whose mouth is stopped by a large stone
Manjieh visits the well every day and through a small opening left by the stone, with a rope she sends down food she has begged for that day to nourish her imprisoned lover. Kay khosrow, in the meanwhile, in looking into a magic cup, finds out that Bijan has been taken prisoner by his for foe, the King of Turan. This time he dispatches, the great paladin, Rostam, strongest of men, to rescue the young hero.Through his strength and his stealth, Rostam rescues Bijan and returns with both him and his lover Manijeh. The two lovers are then married under the blessings of the king, Kay Khosrow.