What is "shahmaran"

Shahmaran(kurdish : Şahmaran) (Persian: شاهماران, Şamaran; Turkish: Şahmeran, Tatar: Şahmara / Шаһмара / شاهمار, literally, shah (king) of the snakes.) is a mythical creature from the folklore of The Kurdish people in Eastern Turkey, today's Southern, Central and Eastern Anatolia, Iran and Iraq. The name of Shahmaran comes from words "Shah" and "Maran". "Shah" is the Iranic title for a king, primarily the leader of the Iranians and their land and "Mar" means snake in Persian language and Kurdish . In plural "Mar-an" means snakes. Shahmaran is known as the queen of the serpents. The story can be traced from the Middle East to India with different variations, one version is also found in the Arabian Night Tales as the story of Jemlia - the Sultan of Underground.