Hojir

Hojir is a literary-epic character whose attested origin lies in the Shahnameh, the Persian national epic. In the epic corpus he is presented as son of Goudarz and brother of Giv and Rohham, a member of an established Iranian heroic family who holds the command of Dez-e Sepid on the border with Turan. The personal name derives from Old Iranian *Hu-čiθra (via Middle Persian hu-čihr) and in New Persian appears as Hožir/Hojir, a name interpreted to mean “of good appearance” or “of good nature,” a semantic field appropriate to valorized epic personages.

The supplied sources do not provide a detailed literal portrait (no heights, facial specifics, or unique marks). His name carries the meaning “beautiful, fair,” which situates him in the epic as an admired martial noble. Narrative contexts (castellan of a frontier fortress; active in pitched combats such as the Davazdah Rokh) imply a conventional heroic martial appearance (armour, weapons, commander’s bearing), but such details are inferential and not specified in the cited excerpts.

Within the Shahnameh narratives cited, Hojir’s abilities are martial, social, and ethical rather than supernatural. As castellan of Dez-e Sepid he performs military command and frontier defence. In the Rostam–Sohrab episode he engages Sohrab in combat, is defeated and taken prisoner, and demonstrates loyalty and adherence to the heroic code by refusing to identify Rostam to Sohrab for fear of causing Rostam’s death. In the Davazdah Rokh episode a Hojir (sources caution that more than one character bears the name) kills the Turanian hero Sepahram. No supernatural powers (magic, shape‑shifting, immortality, etc.) are attributed to Hojir in the provided materials.