There are many queens, princesses, heroines and witches in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (Book of Kings), from the Iran, Turan, the Roman Empire, China, India etc.

• Arezo, daughter of Mahyar
• Arezo, wife of Salm
• Azadeh, the lover of Bahram V Gor
• Azarmidokht, Queen of Queens of Iran
• Arnavāz, wife of Zahak and later of Freydon
• Spanoy, a Turanian princess
• Banou of Gazor
• Banou of Gordoye
• Banou of Mahbod
• Boran, Queen of Queens of Iran
• Beh-Afarid, daughter of Kay Vishtasp
• Tahmina, mother of Sohrab and wife of Rustam
• Jarireh, the first wife of Siyavash
• Jamag, sister of Jamshid
• Rudaba, wife of Zal and the mother of Rustam
• Spinvad, an Indian princess and lover of Bahram V Gor
• Sudabeh, wife of Kay Kavus
• Sahi, wife of Iraj
• Sindukht, grandmother of Rustam
• Shahrnāz, daughter of Jamshid, wife of Zahak and Freydon
• Faranak, mother of Freydon
• Farangis, wife of Siyavash and mother of Kay Khosrow
• Katāyoun, a Roman princess, wife of Kay Visthasp and step-mother of Esfandiyar
• Gordafarid, a young Iranian princess who fought Sohrab
• Gordiye, a princess and warrior of House of Mehran, sister of Bahram Chobin, wife of Vistahm and eventually wife of Khosrow II Parviz
• Gol Shahr, wife of Piran Viseh
• Mah Afarid, a woman who slept with Iraj, mother of Manuchihr
• Manizheh, a Turanian princess, the lover of Bijan
• Mehrnaz, sister of Kay Kavus
• Homay, daughter of Kay Vishtasp
• Kay Homay, Queen of Queens of Iran