title: List of women in Shahnameh
text: # List of women in Shahnameh
  
  There are many queens, princesses, heroines and witches in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (Book of Kings), from the Iran, Turan, the Roman Empire, China, India etc.
  
  ## List of Women in the Shahnameh
  
  * Arezo, daughter of Mahyar
  * Arezo, wife of Salm
  * Azadeh, the lover of Bahram V Gor
  * Azarmidokht, Queen of Queens of Iran
  * Arnavāz, wife of Zahak and later of Freydon
  * Spanoy, a Turanian princess
  * Banou of Gazor
  * Banou of Gordoye
  * Banou of Mahbod
  * Boran, Queen of Queens of Iran
  * Beh-Afarid, daughter of Kay Vishtasp
  * Tahmina, mother of Sohrab and wife of Rustam
  * Jarireh, the first wife of Siyavash
  * Jamag, sister of Jamshid
  * Rudaba, wife of Zal and the mother of Rustam
  * Spinvad, an Indian princess and lover of Bahram V Gor
  * Sudabeh, wife of Kay Kavus
  * Sahi, wife of Iraj
  * Sindukht, grandmother of Rustam
  * Shahrnāz, daughter of Jamshid, wife of Zahak and Freydon
  * Faranak, mother of Freydon
  * Farangis, wife of Siyavash and mother of Kay Khosrow
  * Katāyoun, a Roman princess, wife of Kay Visthasp and step-mother of Esfandiyar
  * Gordafarid, a young Iranian princess who fought Sohrab
  * Gordiye, a princess and warrior of House of Mehran, sister of Bahram Chobin, wife of Vistahm and eventually wife of Khosrow II Parviz
  * Gol Shahr, wife of Piran Viseh
  * Mah Afarid, a woman who slept with Iraj, mother of Manuchihr
  * Manizheh, a Turanian princess, the lover of Bijan
  * Mehrnaz, sister of Kay Kavus
  * Homay, daughter of Kay Vishtasp
  * Kay Homay, Queen of Queens of Iran
  