Within the narrative world of the Shahnameh, Bahram is attested as a member of a noble warrior-family: he is identified as a son of Goudarz and as brother to Rohham, Giv, and Hojir. His presence in the poem is that of an epic-age noble/counselor whose role is defined by kinship ties and service in the courts and campaigns narrated by Ferdowsi. The supplied sources do not provide a separate mythic birth or divine ancestry for this Bahram; he is treated as part of the human heroic cast of the epic.
The excerpts and summaries consulted do not record a distinctive physical description of Bahram from the Shahnameh. Available reference descriptions identify his genealogical and social position (son of Goudarz; brother of Rohham, Giv and Hojir) and his role as counselor to Siavash, but do not supply details of dress, stature, or other corporeal attributes in the provided materials.
In the Shahnameh passages summarized in the provided sources, Bahram's documented functions are those of a warrior and courtly counselor: he participates in narrative episodes as adviser and member of a noble kin-group. For example, in the story of Siavash he and Zange-ye Shavaran act as Siavash's counselors and attempt to advise him (the sources note their attempt to convince Siavash, which was unsuccessful). The supplied material does not attribute any supernatural powers, magical skills, or extraordinary abilities to Bahram; he is presented as an epic-human actor rather than a supernatural being.
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