person
Bahram V Gur
Bahram
also: Bahram Gur, بهرام
Sasanian king (r. 420–438), legendary hunter nicknamed 'Gur' for his pursuit of the wild ass (gur). In Persian legend he vanished into a cave — or a swamp — while hunting; the gur/grave pun on his name is proverbial.
Reading notes
- The Rubaiyat §7 wild ass
Bahram V (r. 420–438), the Sasanian king nicknamed Gur for hunting the gur, the wild ass — and gur also means 'grave.' The quatrain's last line turns entirely on the pun: the hunter of the gur is taken by the gur.