person
Jamshid
also: Jam, جمشید
Mythical world-king of Iranian legend, owner of the seven-ringed cup (jam-e Jam) in which the whole world could be seen. In Khayyam he stands for vanished imperial splendor.
Reading notes
- The Rubaiyat §7 Jamshid
Mythical world-king of Iranian legend, owner of the cup in which the whole world could be seen; shorthand for vanished imperial glory.
- The Rubaiyat §130 cup of Jam
Jām-e Jam, the world-seeing cup of king Jamshid in which all seven climes appear: paired against the rust-eaten mirror as humankind's two faces — the all-revealing and the blinded.