Hamavaran
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Overpowers the King of HamavaranHāmāvarān[1] (Persian: هاماوَران) is a place in Shahnameh and other Iranian writings. The consensus between scholars is that Hamavaran is usually identified with Yemen. According to Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob, it is an altered form of Himyarite Kingdom.[2]
Hamavaran background
In some old writings, the name was mentioned as Sambarān, Shambarān, Shammarān, Samarān, and Shamarān. It has been suggested that these forms consists of "Shammar + ān". Shammar in the name of a Himyarite king in 3rd century, and so, Shammarān means "the land of Shammar".a war between Abyssinian and Persians, in which Abyssinians were defeated and Hamavaran became a province of Sasanian Empire.[6]
References
- ^ "دانش جغرافیای دریایی فردوسی / دکتر احمد اقتداری - بخش اول". Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Abdolhossein Zarinkoob: Two Centuries of Silence, page 19
- ^ a b c The journal of History of Iran, Issue 62, Yemen in Persian literature, p 191
- ^ "جغرافياي شاهنامه نمادين و افسانهاي نيست". IBNA. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ به دست چپش مصر و بربر به راست / زره در میانه بران سو که خواست
به پیش اندرون شهر هاماوران / به هر گوشهیی بر سپاهی گران - ^ "Iran and Hamavaran in myth and history". Retrieved 15 February 2016.
Sources
- ISBN 964-5566-35-5
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