The ''Bahman-nameh'' () is a

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poem of around 9500 lines, which describes the exploits of

Kay Bahman Kay Bahman or Wahman (from Middle Persian: ''Wahman'' "good mind"; Persian: کی‌بهمن) is a mythological figure of Greater Iranian legend and lore. The stock epithet ''Kai'' identifies Bahman as one of the Kayanian kings of Iranian oral tra ...

, the son of Esfandiyar of the royal

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. The earliest attestation of this work is in the book '' Mojmal al-tawarikh'', which gives the author as Iranshan ibn Abi'-Khayr ( Iranshah). Iranshah most likely wrote the ''Bahman-nama'' between 1092–1108, as indicated by mentions of historical events, and mentions of the

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sultans

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() and

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(). Iranshah states that the ''Bahman-nama'' was inspired by the ceaseless battles and wars of his patron, Muhammad I Tapar, which reminded him of the ceaseless battles between Bahman and

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's family. This implies that the work was also written to serve as advice for solving the socio-political issues of the time.

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Sources

* * Persian mythology Poems in Persian Epic poems in Persian 11th-century Persian books {{Iran-stub