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Rostam
For the historical general who fought at the
Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
for the
Sasanian Empire
, also mentioned in the
Shahnameh
, see
Rostam Farrokhzad
.
Rostam
or
Rustam
(, pronounced ) is the epic hero of the
Persian
epic
Shahnameh
in
Persian mythology
, and son of
Zal
and
Rudaba
. In the story, Rostam and his predecessors were natives of the
Zabulistan
region of
Sistan
(present-day
Iran
and
Afghanistan
). Rostam's mother Rudaba was a princess of
Kabul
.
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