Bârmân (بارمان)

Bârmân appears in the Shahnameh as a Turanian commander serving under the ruler Afrasiab during the reign of Nowzar, in the phase of the epic commonly called the Great War of Iran and Turan. His narrative role is that of a named martial actor within the dynastic and military conflicts the poem uses to structure moral and political history: he takes part in pitched battles of the Iran–Turan cycle, kills the Iranian Qobád in combat, and is subsequently killed by Qaran. The sources present him as an agent of Turan rather than as a supernatural origin or divine figure.

The Shahnameh’s surviving textual references give no detailed physical description of Bârmân’s face or armor; he is attested through narrative action. Safavid illustrated Shahnameh folios (for example folios titled "Qaran slays Barman" and "Qaran Unhorses Barman") depict him in battle contexts, typically shown as a mounted or unhorsed warrior in the visual idiom of manuscript painting. Specific facial features or precise equipment are not recorded in the cited textual sources.

Bârmân is described as a martial commander and combatant: he leads or fights for Turan under Afrasiab, participates in the large-scale Iran–Turan wars of Nowzar’s era, slays the Iranian elder Qobád in battle, and is later killed by Qaran. The cited materials ascribe to him ordinary heroic/martial capacities appropriate to a named epic warrior; no supernatural powers, magic, or otherworldly abilities are attributed in the provided sources.