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Archenland et Calormen

Ahoshta Tarkaan, the grand vizier

The old usurping, hunchbacked and flattering vizier whom Aravis is forced to marry and from whom she flees.

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Espèce
Human
Nom original
Ahoshta Tarkaan
Autres noms
The Great Vizier
Titres
Tarkaan
Origine
Narnia (world)
Nationalité
Calormen
Allégeance
Calormen
Famille
Imposed Fiancé of Aravis
Première apparition
The Horse and His Boy, ch. 3 (alluded), ch. 8
Âge
The Horse and His Boy: about 60 years
Ahoshta groveled before the Tisroc and his son
The Vizier prostrated himself

En bref

Ahoshta is a common man who rose to the rank of Tarkaan through flattery and scheming. Upon the death of Aslan, the former Grand Vizier, the Tisroc appointed him in his place. He is in his sixties, with a hunched back and, according to Aravis, a monkey-like face.

Look and analysis

Ahoshta is a caricature of the courtier. Lewis uses him to show the servility of absolute power. He also serves as a motif for Aravis’s refusal : her courage consists in preferring the unknown to a life of luxury and servitude.

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In the book

Aravis’s stepmother arranged her marriage to him to get rid of her. It is to escape this union that Aravis flees. At the palace, he is seen groveling before the Tisroc, receiving kicks from Rabadash, and giving cautious advice by spouting proverbs and flattery.

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Ahoshta Tarkaan

It was the man whom Aravis is forced to marry. He is a dried-up old man, hunchbacked, and about sixty years old. Upon the death of Axartha, the former Grand Vizier, he took over this position.

Presentation in the book

*« Came last a little dried-up old man, hunchbacked, whom she recognized with a shudder of horror as the new Grand Vizier, the one to whom she was promised in marriage, Ahoshta Tarkaan himself. » (The Horse and His Boy, p.115)*

Appearance in the books

*The Horse and His Boy*

Axartha

He is the former Grand Vizier of the Tisroc, who died and thus left his place to Ahoshta Tarkaan.

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