Farshidvard appears in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh within the Davāzdah Rokh (Twelve Faces) narrative cycle. Sources differ on his genealogy: in one account he is listed among the six sons of Viseh (Houman, Barman, Nastihan, Lahhak, Farshidvard and Piran) (Source 5), while an alternate character listing describes him as a son of Gushtasp and brother of Isfandiyar and ruler of Khorasan (Source 7). The supplied materials do not reconcile these conflicting attributions.
The supplied textual sources provide no verbal physical description of Farshidvard. He is, however, depicted in Shahnameh illustration(s), for example the folio titled "Gustaham Slays Lahhak and Farshidvard" from illustrated Shahnameh manuscripts (Source 3). No detailed contemporaneous textual description of clothing, stature, or facial features is recorded in the cited sources.
Farshidvard is portrayed as a mortal warrior/prince and combatant within the Shahnameh narrative. In the cited episode he flees the agreed contest alongside Lahhak; Gustaham pursues and kills him with an arrow (Source 3). The supplied sources do not attribute any supernatural abilities to him.
Weaknesses
- othermortal vulnerability — killed by an arrow (Gustaham’s volley)
Wards
None recorded.
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