Shāh Esmā‘il and his Three Wives

Ameneh Youssefzadeh, Ph.D. (1997), Nanterre University, is co-consulting editor of music at Encyclopaedia Iranica (New York). Her publications include several articles, book chapters, CDs, and a monograph, Les bardes du Khorassan iranien: le bakhshi et son répertoire (Paris 2002). Stephen Blum is Professor of Music Emeritus at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His publications deal with general topics (composition, improvisation, modern music history, cultural interaction) and with specific musical practices of Iran, Kurdistan, Europe, and North America.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Figures, Maps, and Music ExamplesTransliteration, Transcription, and Other Editorial PoliciesPart 1: The Bakhshis and Their Art1 The Multilingual Bards of Northern Khorasan1 Peoples and Languages of Northern Khorasan2 Storytelling in Multi-Ethnic Iran3 The Khorasani Bakhshi4 Contexts of Performance2 Characters and Imagery of the Dāstān of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār Khānom1 The Historical Shāh Esmāʿil II2 Summary of the Dāstān in Rowshan’s Version3 Attributes of the Characters4 Women5 Garden, Rose and Nightingale6 Gazelles and Hunters7 Journeys8 Complaints9 Threats and Maxims3 Performance Practice of the Bakhshis1 Verse and Tune2 Melody-Types: Āhang and Maqām3 Performance StylesPart 2: Text and Translation of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār KhānomEpisode 1Episode 2Episode 3Episode 4Episode 5Episode 6Episode 7Episode 8Episode 9Episode 10Episode 11Episode 12Episode 13Episode 14Episode 15Episode 16Episode 17Episode 18Episode 19Episode 20Episode 21Part 3: CommentaryEpisode 1Episode 2Episode 3Episode 4Episode 5Episode 6Episode 7Episode 8Episode 9Episode 10Episode 11Episode 12Episode 13Episode 14Episode 15Episode 16Episode 17Episode 18Episode 19Episode 20Episode 21Appendix: Outline of Yegāneh’s Performance of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār KhānomGlossaryBibliographyDiscographyIndex of Dāstāns Index of Names