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A Baluchi Episode from the Hoseyn-kord-e Shabestari Cycle

A Baluchi Episode from the Hoseyn-kord-e Shabestari Cycle <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The paper presents a small text in the Sarāwānī dialect of Baluchi about the famous hero Hoseyn-kord. The Baluchi story is a well-known episode from the cycle of Hoseyn-kord-e Shabestari, where the hero shows his supernatural strength and gains a high social status. At the same time, for the Kord tribe in Iranian Baluchistan, Hoseyn-kord is not only a folkloric personage, but features already as an eponym, the legendary forefather of the tribesmen.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Iran and the Caucasus Brill

A Baluchi Episode from the Hoseyn-kord-e Shabestari Cycle

Iran and the Caucasus , Volume 11 (2): 249 – Jan 1, 2007

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1609-8498
eISSN
1573-384X
DOI
10.1163/157338407X265478
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The paper presents a small text in the Sarāwānī dialect of Baluchi about the famous hero Hoseyn-kord. The Baluchi story is a well-known episode from the cycle of Hoseyn-kord-e Shabestari, where the hero shows his supernatural strength and gains a high social status. At the same time, for the Kord tribe in Iranian Baluchistan, Hoseyn-kord is not only a folkloric personage, but features already as an eponym, the legendary forefather of the tribesmen.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

Iran and the CaucasusBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: BALUCHI FOLKLORE; BALUCHI DIALECTS; KURDISH ORIGINS; HOSEYN-KORD

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