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Faramarz - nameh is a collection of verses ill praise of the chivalry of faramarz, the son of Rustam in India, put to verses in 7600 couplets and printed in Bombay in 1324 A.H/A.D.1906.
Dr. lalal Khaleqi Mutlaq in the second part to his "Epic Studies" has undertaken to analyze the colllents of this collection and in addition, with reference to verse directly quoted from the Faramarz - nameh has attempted to determine the author and the period in which it was put to verse.
The present study is a continuation of Dr.Khaleqi's discussiollS. This researcher has attempted to prove that the author of the Faramarz - nameh, Raft ai-Din Marzban - i Farsi, was one of the poets of the 12('TH) century who belonged to the Fars province.
The Faramarz- nameh was approximately put in to verse in the westem province of Iran approxmately around the year 555 A.H./A.D.1160.