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A Banquet Speech 

1/19/2013

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A Banquet Speech

āfrīn ī sūr

This is an after-meal speech in a banquet, and an example of speech at banquets and also at anniversary ceremonies (different from death anniversary), the rōzgār. The four stages of a banquet or a rōzgār are planning (handāxtan), making (kirdan), preparing (sāxtan) and entertaining (rāyēnīdan).  The text as reached us dates back to the Sasanian era; and a list of Persian dignitaries in it shows that it belongs to the sixth century, or as Tavadia states: “We have found only the upper limit, namely the reign of Xusrav I.”  It is called with different headings by different scholars.  It can be compared with another text, the Āfrīn ī myazd ‘Benediction of a ritual repast’. Tavadia’s commentary is yet invaluable.
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