Here is a list of characters represented in the
Persian epic poem
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
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Shāhnāmeh
The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consi ...
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Ferdowsi, including both heroes and villains :
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Arash
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Afrasiab
Afrasiab ( fa, ''afrāsiyāb''; ae, Fraŋrasyan; Middle-Persian: ''Frāsiyāv, Frāsiyāk'') is the name of the mythical king and hero of Turan. He is the main antagonist of the Persian epic Shahnameh, written by Ferdowsi.
The mythical ki ...
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Abteen
Abtin (), or Athwya is a character in Shahnama (national epic of Persia), who is the father of Fereydun. He is mentioned as the father of Fereydun in the Avesta, having been the "second man" to prepare Ahura-Mazda for the "corporeal world" (th ...
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Arnavaz
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Armin
Armin (Armyn) is a given name or surname, and is:
* An ancient Indo-European name:
** a German/Dutch given name,
*** a modern form of the name Arminius (18/17 BC–AD 21), a German prince who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg F ...
* Arman
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Babak
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Bārbad
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Bizhan
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Bahram
Bahrām ( fa, بهرام) is a male given name. Other variants Behram, Bahran, Vahran, and Vahram ( uz, Баҳром, Bahrom and Tajik: Баҳром, Bahrom)
The older form is Vahrām ( pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭, in la, Varrames), also spell ...
* Bahman
* Borzou
* Bijan
* Behzad
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Esfandyar
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Faramarz
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Faranak
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Farangis
Farangis ( fa, فَرَنگیس) or Frigis ( fa, فریگیس) is a female character in the Persian epic ''Shahnameh''. She is the eldest daughter of Afrasiab, king of Turan. She is also the second and favourite wife of Siyâvash, the saintlike p ...
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Fereydun
Fereydun ( ae, 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀, Θraētaona, pal, 𐭯𐭫𐭩𐭲𐭥𐭭, ; New Persian: , ''Fereydūn/Farīdūn'') is an Iranian mythical king and hero from the Pishdadian dynasty. He is known as an emblem of victory, jus ...
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Farhad
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Garshasp
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Ghaaran
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Ghobad
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Giv
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Goodarz
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Gordafarid
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Garsivaz
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Giti
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Haftvad
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Hushang
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Īrāj
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Iskandar
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Jamshid
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Kaveh the blacksmith
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Kai Khosrow
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Keshvad
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Keyumars
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Kai Kavoos
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Katayoun
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Kasra
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kamus
Kamus ( fa, كاموس, also Romanized as Kāmūs) is a village in Solduz Rural District, in the Central District (Naqadeh County), Central District of Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 78, in 18 ...
* Kianoosh
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Manuchehr
Manūchehr mænuː'tʃer">Help:IPA_English.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Help:IPA/English">mænuː'tʃer (, older Persian Manōčihr, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Manuščiθra), is the eighth Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty of Pe ...
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Manijeh
''Bijan and Manijeh'' (also ''Bizhan and Manizheh'', Persian بيژن و منيژه - ''Bīžan ow Manīža'') is a love story in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Bizhan (Shahnameh), Bijan was the son of Shahnameh, Giv, a famous Iranian knight during the r ...
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Mardas Mardas ( el, Μάρδας) is a Greek name#Greek surnames, Greek surname. It is the surname of:
* Magic Alex (1942-2017), born as ''Alexis Mardas'', British-Greek electronics engineer.
* Dimitris Mardas (born 1955), Greek economist and politician.
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Mehrab Kaboli
Mehrāb Kāboli ( fa, مهراب کابلی) or Mehrāb, is a character in Persian epic Shahnameh. He is king of Kabol
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Mehran
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Nariman
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Nowzar
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Qaydafeh
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Rakhsh
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Roham
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Rostam
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Rostam Farrokhzād
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Rudaba
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Saam
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Salm
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Sasan
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Sekandar
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Sarv
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Shaghad
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Shahran Goraz
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Shahrasb
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Shahrnaz
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Shahzreh
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Shirin
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Simurgh
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Siamak
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Siyâvash
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Sohrab
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Sudabeh
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Tahmina
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Tahmoores
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Tur
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Zal
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Zahhāk
Zahhāk or Zahāk () ( fa, ضحّاک), also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder ( fa, ضحاک ماردوش, Zahhāk-e Mārdoush), is an evil figure in Persian mythology, evident in ancient Persian folklore as Azhi Dahāka ( fa, اژی دهاک) ...
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Zarvan
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Zoo Tahmasp
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See also
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Iranian literature
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Persian mythology
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