The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám · Character
Sultán
Title for a ruler, appearing in quatrains as a symbol of power.
minor
First appearance: I
Sultán's tie to Bahrám is one of the pressures that moves The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Mentioned as the ruler whose turret is struck by the shaft of light from the Sun.
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With Bahrám (social): Bahrám is a legendary king and the Sultán is a ruler, linked by historical power and the futility of earthly glory. In I: Mentioned as the ruler whose turret is struck by the shaft of light from…
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- Bahrám
social · ambivalent
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