Faramarz-nama

In the manuscript he introduces himself as a villager from Piruzabad (possibly an orthographical error, the text could have meant Forsabad, a town near Marv in Khorasan).

[2] Like other Persian writers of epic poetry who came after Ferdowsi, the author of this work was heavily influenced by the style of the Shahnameh.

It was printed in Bombay in 1906 by the Zoroastrian scholar named Rostam, son of Bahrām Soruš of Taft, a contemporary of Moẓaffar-al-Dīn Shah (r. 1896-1907) who traveled to India to gather stories about Farāmarz.

[1] While there, he slays Konnās Dīv (a carrion-eating demon who had abducted the daughter of the Indian king), Karg-e Gūyā (a talking rhinoceros), Aždahā (q.v.

This fourth sections contains many episodes of Faramarz's adventure including: The exploits of Sām are the subject of Khwaju Kermani's Sām-nāma (8th/14th century).