Bahman

The word Bahman has several usages, the most famous of which is that it is the name of the eleventh month of the solar year and also the name of a plant that flowers in this month. In ancient times, Iranians used to eat that flower with sugar and sweets during the celebrations they held this month. Also, the avalanches of snow that originate in the mountains are called Bahman. Bahman is also a popular name for boys in Iran. The victory of the Islamic Revolution in the Iranian month of Bahman 1357 in the Solar Hijri calendar (February 1979) gave a new meaning to this name and therefore it found a special place in Iranian culture. Bahman was called the month of victory and entered the fields of literature and history with this concept. For example, some poets who wrote poems describing the Islamic Revolution addressed this month as follows:

 

The sign of the blade of victory was on Bahman

A night that had the blood of all the stars on its neck

No one had seen a wonderful place we saw

The glory of spring that Bahman had...

 

(Simindokht Vahidi).

 

The rider, Bahman, came from the height of the dawn

A brave rider came who would help

 

(Gholam-Reza Rahmdel).

 

... Came to help this garden

Mixed with the taste of rain

In the cold Bahman of that year

Flowers were planted

 

(Salman Herati).

 

From the red blood of Bahman, the spring became green

Thought became fertile along the rain...

Bahman has arrived, the blooming season

In a time when we have lost so many

 

(Gholam-Hoseyn Omrani).

 

Welcome, the bloody Bahman

Where did you bring all these flowers from?

... O Bahman, the model for sacrifice and blood

You have brought the smell of life from Karbala

 

(Reza Esmaili).

 

In February 1979, the political and social life of the Iranian people was put on a new path. The way in which politics and ethics, republicanism and Islamism, democracy and religiosity would be considered together so that to become a prelude to the salvation of people in two worlds.

 

Reference: The Encyclopedia of the Islamic Revolution

Archive of The History of the Islamic Revolution