Razmnameh Kanizak (an epic in Gorani language and a narrative from Yadegare Zariran)

Razmnameh Kanizak is a national epic and a narrative from Yadegare Zariran. This epic is part of the manuscript verse Haft Lashkar (seven Army) in Gorani language and is a reflection of a literary genre of composing Shahnameh in the west of Iran. The structure of the Razmnameh and its dramatic approach in two perspectives are reminiscent of Yadegare Zariran. A close look shows that the middle part is exactly a narrative from Yadegare Zariran in Pahlavi and in which Zoroastrianism is renounced and a change of name has occurred. In this perspective Razmnameh in comparison with Shahnameh and Gharar-ol-sayr is closer to the Pahlavi Yadegare Zariran, however a more general look at Razmnameh brings to mind the three stories of Goshtasp and Arjasp, Esfandyar and Arjasp and the seven trials of Esfandyar, which could be named the Parthian version of Yadegare Zariran. In this perspective, the Parthian version in transference to Khodaynameh and Shahnameh Abu Mansuri has lost its main structure but Razmnameh Kanizak has kept its Parthian structure and is the key to the first intact version of Yadegare Zariran.