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Nariman

The son of Garshasp and father of Sam, a link in the genealogy of the house of Sistan leading to Rostam.

Accounts of this vary across texts and traditions. This entry primarily follows Zoroastrian and Persian epic tradition, with other tellings (Avesta (Zoroastrian scripture), Shahnameh (Ferdowsi's epic, c. 1010 CE), Pahlavi (Middle Persian) texts such as the Bundahishn) noted where relevant.

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Relationships

Parents
Garshasp (Sistan ancestor)
Children
Sam

Introduction

Nariman is the son of Garshasp and the father of Sam, a genealogical link in the house of Sistan, the noble family line that produces Rostam, the greatest hero of the Shahnameh, some generations later.

Family

  • Father: Garshasp
  • Son: Sam

A genealogical figure

Nariman receives relatively little independent narrative in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, serving chiefly to connect the ancestral hero Garshasp to his more prominent descendants, Sam, Zal and ultimately Rostam, across the epic's long, multi-generational treatment of the house of Sistan's service to successive Iranian kings.

Sources

  1. Shahnameh (primary text)

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.