The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Firishta
Also known as Fir ishta
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 53
Firishta is invoked as a historian, a keeper of accounts about India whose authority reaches beyond the immediate scene. The text offers no face or manner to go with the name, leaving him present as a distant, learned voice.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 53
- Books
- 1
Firishta, also written Fir ishta, is identified as a Persian historian of India and is mentioned as a historical authority. The text supplies no personal narrative, relationships, or arc for him; his role is confined to the knowledge his name represents.
Description
No physical description of Firishta is provided. His age is described only as adult, while build, skin tone, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and distinguishing features remain unspecified.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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