Afrasiab

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Shahnameh character Turanian ruler mythological king

Afrasiab is a legendary Turanian king and formidable adversary of Iran in the Persian epic Shahnameh.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Afrasiab (legendary Turanian king) 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shahnameh character ⓘ
Turanian ruler ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ
appearsIn Shahnameh NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Turan NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn possible historical nomadic rulers beyond Iran’s northeastern frontiers ⓘ
category Characters in the Shahnameh ⓘ
Mythological kings ⓘ
Turanian figures in Persian literature ⓘ
culture Persian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathPlaceInLegend near Lake Chichast ⓘ
enemyOf Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kay Khosrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rustam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zal NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity Turanian NERFINISHED ⓘ
fatherOf Farangis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piran NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
grandfatherOf Kay Khosrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later Persian literary depictions of Turanians ⓘ
killedBy Kay Khosrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor military campaigns against Iran ⓘ
treachery and cruelty in legend ⓘ
languageContext Persian ⓘ
mentionedIn Iranian epic tradition ⓘ
notableFor being a legendary enemy of Iran ⓘ
long war against Iranian heroes ⓘ
religionInLegend opponent of Iranian divine order ⓘ
roleInWork antagonist of Iran ⓘ
title King of Turan NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kay Khosrow → defeats → Afrasiab ⓘ
Kay Kavus → enemy → Afrasiab ⓘ
Kay Khosrow → enemy → Afrasiab ⓘ
Kay Khosrow → grandfather → Afrasiab ⓘ
Afrasiab archaeological site → namedAfter → Afrasiab ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrasiab (legendary Turanian king)
Rostam → opponent → Afrasiab ⓘ