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Rostam

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Also known as Rustam, Rustem, Rostam Dastan

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Jahan Pahlavan
Person.name
Rostam
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Rostam and the White Div from Baysanghar Shahnameh.jpg
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280px
Person.caption
Rostam killing the White Div from the Baysunghur Shahnameh (1430 AD).
Person.native_name
رستم
Person.native_name_lang
fa
Person.birth_place
Zabulistan (present-day Zabul, Afghanistan)
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Portrait of Rustam Zal by Mirza Gadim Irevani.jpg
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Rostam
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رُستَم
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  • Origins
  • Background
  • Birth and early life
  • Haft Khan
  • Alternate views
  • Death
  • Descent and other relations
  • Historical basis
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  • In popular and traditional culture
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thumb|upright|Sohrab and Rostam fighting: from "Shahnama|The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp" ( 1522)

Rostam or Rustam ( ) is an Iranian legendary hero in Iranian mythology and historical tradition. Being the son of Zāl and Rudaba, his life and work was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. However, the roots of the narrative date much earlier.

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