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Vis and Ramin by Fakhreddin Gorgani; Dick Davis is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Vis & Ramin is one of the world's great love stories. It was the first major Persian romance, written between 1050 and 1055 in rhyming couplets. This remarkable work has now been superbly translated into heroic couplets (the closest metrical equivalent of the Persian) by the poet and scholar Dick Davis. Vis & Ramin had immense influence on later Persian poetry and is very probably also the source for the tale of Tristan and Isolde, which first appeared in Europe about a century later. The plot, complex yet powerfully dramatic, revolves around royal marital customs unfamiliar to us today. Shahru, the married queen of Mah, refuses an offer of marriage from King Mobad of Marv but promises that if she bears a daughter she will give the child to him as a bride. She duly bears a daughter, Vis, who is brought up by a nurse in the company of Mobad's younger brother Ramin. By the time Vis reaches the age of marriage, Shahru has forgotten her promise and instead weds her daughter to Vis's older brother, Viru. The next day Mobads brother Zard arrives to demand the bride, and fighting breaks out, during which Vis's father is killed. Mobad then bribes to hand Vis over to him. Mobad's brother Ra

Who reads Vis and Ramin?

Author

Fakhreddin Gorgani; Dick Davis

Publisher

Mage Publishers, Incorporated

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933823614

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Poetry, Fiction, Folklore

Updated

2026-03-24