Andariman

Andariman appears in the narrative corpus surrounding the Shahnameh and in associated genealogical/name lists: he is recorded among the cast of named opponents in the Fereydun-era and early epic-period episodes. The provided sources do not supply a birth tale, mythic origin, or supernatural genealogy for Andariman; rather he appears as a named martial adversary embedded in the Shahnameh narrative tradition and in later manuscript illustration programs that reproduce episodes of combat between Iranian heroes and opposing hosts.

Textual materials supplied do not include a detailed verbal physical description. Illustrated Shahnameh folios (notably Walters Ms. W.602, folios dated 1028 AH/AD 1618–1619, and a University of Michigan folio) depict Andariman as an armed combatant engaged in close fighting with the Iranian hero Gorgin (Gurgin). One Walters caption titles the scene "Gurgin Cuts Off the Head of Andariman," and a University of Michigan caption describes him as "one of the Turkman host," indicating artistic tradition represents him as a Turkman warrior rather than providing specific clothing or physiognomic detail in the supplied excerpts.

In the supplied sources Andariman is presented as a mortal warrior and enemy combatant; he participates in organized military action as part of an opposing host (called the Turkman host in a manuscript caption) and engages in single combat with Iranian heroes such as Gorgin/Gurgin. The sources give no indication of supernatural powers, magical abilities, or otherworldly attributes—his role is that of a hostile human antagonist defeated in battle in the epic narrative.