Steel Simurgh – code:1000114

Steel Simurgh
Entirely Inlaid with 24-Carat Gold
Hand-Forged and Handcrafted

The Simurgh is a legendary and mythical bird in Iranian culture, considered one of the most significant figures in Persian literature. Scholars throughout history have studied this creature, drawing parallels between the Simurgh and other mythical birds such as Çyena (Hawk), the Indian Garuda, Vareghna, Karshipt, Amru and Kamarv in the Avesta, Chamrosh and Kamak in Pahlavi literature, the Arabic Anqa, the Persian Homa and Qoqnus (Phoenix), the Greek Phoenix, the Akkadian Anzu, and Sirang in Persian folklore.

The Simurgh plays an essential role in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. Its mythical nest is said to be located on Mount Qaf. The Simurgh is wise and all-knowing, with deep knowledge of hidden secrets.

This wondrous and legendary bird holds various extraordinary meanings in Iranian culture, appearing across myth, epic tales, philosophy, mysticism, medicine, and folklore. The word Simurgh is Persian, derived from “Sēn-Murgh” (literally “thirty birds”). In the Avesta, it is called Mərəγō Saēnō, and in Pahlavi texts, Sēn Murg.