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Bijan and Manijeh
Love story in Shahnameh epic poem / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bijan and Manijeh (also Bizhan and Manizheh, Persian بيژن و منيژه - Bīžan ow Manīža) is a love story in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Bijan was the son of Giv, a famous Iranian knight during the reign of Kay Khosrow, the Shah of Iran, and Banu Goshasp, the heroine daughter of Rostam. Bijan falls in love with Manijeh, the daughter of Afrasiab, the king of Turan and the greatest enemy of Iran. The tale of his suffering and Manijeh’s constancy has been quoted by several others.
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