نواي رزم درشاهنامه

War Music in Shahnameh

Epic poetry and prose makes an outstanding part of Persian literature. The essence of these literary works reflects heroic battles between two opposite groups: just and unjust or protagonists and antagonists. The creators of the works usually tried to mirror their own culture and civilization in the behaviors. of the heroes in addition to their ancestors enlightening ethics introduced by the use of specific terms, war equipment and battle field customs. These are cultural heritages which need to be understood more through a delicate study of epic works generated by Ferdowsi and other great epic poets. To this end, the present paper makes an attempt to focus exclusively on one type of equipment named in Shahnameh: musical instruments and their sounds. They have been classified in terms of their frequency of use. Then their features have been investigated.