Some Remarks on Bahmanname: the Origin of the Story, Date and Place of its Composition

The last chapter in the saga of Rustam and his family, the fall of the house of sistanian heroes, and ravage of this territory by Bahman, Son of Isfandiar, is an episode, which relates the mythic and heroic parts of Iranian national saga to its historical part. This article has addressed the issue of origin, date and place of versification of Bahmannameh, one of its variations which is the longest and most extensive one. The internal evidences of this epic poem demonstrates that it belongs to the people of northern Iran, the Deylamis. Moreover, through comparison of poet’s verses about his patron, Mohammad ibn i Malekshah, with the history of reign of this king it concludes that this book has been versified in 495 in city of Hamedan, where the poet eventually heard or read the mentioned version of the story.