| Badakhshan Tahamenay | |
| Biographical Information | |
|---|---|
| Titles | Princess of Badakhshan Queen of Pars |
| Language | Parsian |
| Birth | P.E. 284 |
| Rule | P.E. 304 - 321 |
| Death | P.E. 325 (aged 41) |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Prime Minister of Badakhshan Kayumars Osroes V Andragoras III |
| Children | Unnamed son and Arslan, ad. son |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
Tahamenay (タハミーネ Tahamīne? ) was Arslan's adoptive mother and the Queen of the Kingdom of Pars.
Appearance[]
Tahamenay is a beautiful woman long, blonde hair and light blue eyes. Most of her incarnations from the different adaptations depict her in a similar way. On the other hand, she has black hair in the original novel. It is said that her striking beauty was the reason for several nobles to betray and kill each other for her hand.
Personality[]
Tahamenay has a cold and distant personality. She rarely speaks to even her husband or her son. As for socialization, Tahamenay is hardly seen speaking with anyone other than her maids.
It is shown later that she is very calculating personality. This was noted by Guiscard when his brother, Innocentis VII, said that she would only marry the king if he were to bring back the head of Andragoras.
Despite her seemly interminably phlegmatic attitude, Tahamenay has shown to have great love towards her child. The only reason she was obedient towards Andragoras, up to now, was because he kidnapped her child.
History[]
Not much is known of Queen Tahamenay. There are multiple rumors that fly around about the queens past, many of them may or may not be true. It is said that at first she was betrothed to the Prime Minister of the Principality of Badakhshan, but his master, Prince Kayumars, stole her away. It is then said that the Prime Minister later killed himself because of the affair. Later on, during a war between Badakshn and Pars, the prince threw himself from the tower of the castle because they knew they couldn't win. From there, it is then said that the previous king, Osroes, and his younger brother, Andragoras, had a falling out and fought over Tahamenay's hand. The rumors split between King Osroes dying of disease or being assassinated by his brother, but the consensus of the public is that Tahamenay brings misfortune to every man involved with her.
It had once been revealed that because Tahamenay was unable to bear another child after bearing a girl, Andragoras adopted Arslan from a common knight's family, if only to have a male heir, and he sent the girl somewhere with a silver bracelet. However, it was later revealed that their baby was actually a boy who couldn't survive his birth, and Andragoras had just wanted to prevent Tahamenay from committing suicide and that is why he lied that they had a daughter who is alive somewhere.
Etymology[]
Tahamenay is a variant of the Persian name Tahmīna, derived from the word taham, meaning "strong".
Other names[]
In some translations, her name is rendered as Tahamine or Tahmineh.[1]
Genealogy[]
| Yazdegard II unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Osroes V's wife unknown | Gotarzes II 240 - 301 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Irina d. 324 † | Hilmes 293 - 325 † | Osroes V 274 - 304 † | TAHAMENAY 284 - 325 † | Andragoras III 276 - 321 † | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| unborn child d. 324 † | Arslan 306 - 325 † | unnamed son unknown † | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
References
- ↑ T.E. Waters, "Characters", Heroic Legend of Arslan Translations (accessed 9 February 2026)