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  1 - The Analysis of Lyric Themes in Epic of Bahman-Name
  aliasghar babasafari کوروش  منوچهری
  Literary varieties are divided into Epic, Lyric, Pedagogical, and Dramatic literatures according to content. These varieties are interfered by each other; in other words, a lyric work may have some epic episodes and there may be some signs of pedagogical or lyric in an More

  Literary varieties are divided into Epic, Lyric, Pedagogical, and Dramatic literatures according to content. These varieties are interfered by each other; in other words, a lyric work may have some epic episodes and there may be some signs of pedagogical or lyric in an epic work; the presence of one literary variety in another variety, sometimes, adds to the work variation and attraction and sometimes causes the interruption of tone and language in literary works. Bahman-Name (5th and 6th Hegira century) is written by Iranshah-ibn-e Abi-al-khier is one the epic poems which is not devoid of lyric aspects. Reviewing the lyric themes and their harmony or disharmony with the epic text was done in this article, since epic and lyric are so different from each other in literature. Lyric themes, available in this poem, were extracted and classified in this article which resulted in identifying 12 lyric themes like: apology, oath, praise, elegy, eulogy, gravamen, pride, lampoon, and so on. Epic tone and archaism of language is observed in these lyric themes, too. The presence of lyric themes does not partition the epic tone and this work has a unity in tone. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Peace-sodality Iranians in the story of Fereydoun (One of Ferdowsi's Intellectual Features of his Epic)
  mohammad reza Keyvanfar Parvaneh A’del Zadeh kamran pashaei fahkri
  This article seeks to examine how the Iranian heroes think about peace in Fereydoun story. In this story, several peaceful methods are discussed. The wide distribution of wealth among the needy by Faraanak, the division of the world into three parts and pluralism in the More

  This article seeks to examine how the Iranian heroes think about peace in Fereydoun story. In this story, several peaceful methods are discussed. The wide distribution of wealth among the needy by Faraanak, the division of the world into three parts and pluralism in the method of governance, and the avoidance of individuality in the division of the world, which is the work of Fereydoun, Emphasis on dialogue in resolving conflicts among heroes and relying on finding a solution to peace and absolute rejection of violence, avoiding the use of military force to resolve disputes, not belonging to the world and avoiding stubbornness and struggle to stay in the power that is the characteristic of Iraj in front of his brothers, paying special attention to justice, and avoiding oppression and tyranny in Fereydoun's actions and speech. What Fereydoun has benefited from, as well as the actions of the words and thoughts of the Iranian heroes in Fereydoun's story, are in line with today's peaceful views. Manuscript profile
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  3 - The ambiguity in how power is transferred from Gushtasb to Bahman
  mostafa seadat
  “Gushtasb” the Kiani's king announces that his condition for giving power to his son “Esfandiar” is arresting of “Rostam”. Rustam kills Esfandiar in a battle. Before dying, Esfandiiar ask Rustam to teach his son, Bahman, the royal and martial arts. Later, Bahman returns More

  “Gushtasb” the Kiani's king announces that his condition for giving power to his son “Esfandiar” is arresting of “Rostam”. Rustam kills Esfandiar in a battle. Before dying, Esfandiiar ask Rustam to teach his son, Bahman, the royal and martial arts. Later, Bahman returns to his grandfather and at this time, Gushtasb calls “Jamasb” and tells him that he intends to step down from his monarchy and then died. The purpose of the present study is to investigate how power is transferred from "Gushtasb" to "Bahman". This article examines the events that took place after Esfandiar's death which were recorded in various sources. The events is show that "Gushtasb" was ousted in a public uprising by the royal family and under Bahman's supervisor. For the Sassanid kings who extended their ancestry to the Kiani's Bahman and their government widely supported Zoroastrianism, as well as their religious leaders, it was not pleasant that the others read the story of a coup against Gushtasb. Therefore, they have deliberately sought to demonstrate that it was a peaceful power transition. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Rakhsh: horse entrusted from Garshasp to Rostam
  saeid shahrouei ebrahim mohammadi Sayyed Mahdi Rahimi
  In this article, by analyzing the text and using a comparative method, the similarities between Rostam and Gershasep are examined from the point of view of the physical characteristics of the horses of those two. After receiving the title of world heroism, Rostam stands More

  In this article, by analyzing the text and using a comparative method, the similarities between Rostam and Gershasep are examined from the point of view of the physical characteristics of the horses of those two. After receiving the title of world heroism, Rostam stands against Afrasiab who has sent a large army to invade Iran. But in order to stand against the Turanians and set foot on the battlefield, he wants two things from Zal: one is a mace and the other is a horse. First, Zāl gives the mace of Garshasp- his great grandfather-to Rostam and then, by gathering many herds of horses, provides the conditions for Rostam to choose a suitable horse. Rostam chooses a slim waist horse from various horses. Regarding to the meaning of Garshasp's name and also attending to many similarities between him and Rostam, such as: being born from mother's side, being similar in dealing with fire, falling into a holl, a similar battle with Akvān and Gandarva, etc. it is hypothesized that Garshasp, who means the owner of a thin horse, in addition to his mace, gives his slender horse to Rostam as well. So, Rakhsh can be a reflection of the part "Kres" or "Kresh" in the name "Garshasp" which means lean horse. Manuscript profile