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, death_place =
Turan
Turan (; ; , , ) is a historical region in Central Asia. The term is of Iranian origin and may refer to a particular prehistoric human settlement, a historic geographical region, or a culture. The original Turanians were an Iranian tribe of th ...
, death_cause = Killed in combat by his father,
Rostam
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, death_place = Kabulistan
, death_cause = With the conspiracy of his half-brother Shaghad, he fell into a we ...
, with neither Rostam nor Sohrab aware of their kinship.
, body_discovered =
, resting_place =
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, known_for =
Battle with Rostam
, notable_works =
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, successor =
, party =
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, children = Borzu (in
Borzu Nama
The Borzu Nama (pronounced as Borzū-Nāma or Borzū-Nāme) () is a Persian epic poem of about 65,000 couplets recounting the exploits and adventures of the legendary hero Borzu, son of SohrabWilliam L. Hanaway, "Borzu-Nama" in Encyclopedia Iranic ...
)
, parents =
, mother =
Tahmina
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, death_place = Kingdom of Samangan
, body_discovered =
, resting_place =
, resting_place_coordinates =
, ...
, father =
Rostam
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, death_place = Kabulistan
, death_cause = With the conspiracy of his half-brother Shaghad, he fell into a we ...
, relatives =
, family =
Zal (grandfather)
Zavara
Zavare or Zavareh ( ) is an Iranian hero in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. He was brother to Rostam
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, death_place = Kabulistan ...
(uncle)
, callsign =
, awards =
, website =
, module =
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, signature =
, signature_size =
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, footnotes =
Sohrāb or Suhrāb () is a legendary warrior from the
Shahnameh
The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...
, or the Tales of Kings by
Ferdowsi
Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, ; 940 – 1019/1025) was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a single poet, and the gre ...
in the tragedy of
Rostam and Sohrab
The tragedy of "Rostam and Sohrab" forms part of the 10th-century Persian epic ''Shahnameh'' by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. It tells the tragic story of the heroes Rostam and his son, Sohrab.Ebrahimi, Mokhtar & Taheri, Abdollah. (2017). The Trage ...
.
He was the son of
Rostam
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, death_place = Kabulistan
, death_cause = With the conspiracy of his half-brother Shaghad, he fell into a we ...
, who was an Iranian warrior, and
Tahmineh
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, death_place = Kingdom of Samangan
, body_discovered =
, resting_place =
, resting_place_coordinates =
, ...
, the daughter of the king of
Kingdom of Samangan, a neighboring country. He was slain at a young age by his father Rostam. Rostam found out that he was his son only after fatally wounding him in a duel.
Kaykavous, the king of Iran, delayed giving Rostam the
panacea
In Greek mythology and religion, Panacea (Greek ''Πανάκεια'', Panakeia), a goddess of universal remedy, was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
Mythology
Panacea and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art:
* Panac ...
(Noush Daru) to save Sohrab as he feared losing his power to the alliance of the father and the son.
Rostam gave Tahmineh a bracelet as a reminder and a sign to his son.
His name means “hot red water”, and is analogous with the modern Persian term, "Sorkh-ab".
It can also mean "beautiful and illustrious/shining face". The name Sohrab is associated with tremendous bravery and courage.
Family tree
In popular and traditional culture
The legend of
Rostam and Sohrab
The tragedy of "Rostam and Sohrab" forms part of the 10th-century Persian epic ''Shahnameh'' by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. It tells the tragic story of the heroes Rostam and his son, Sohrab.Ebrahimi, Mokhtar & Taheri, Abdollah. (2017). The Trage ...
is significant part of
Persianate cultures.
Sohrab Cycles
Sohrab () was a Pakistani bicycle manufacturer based in Lahore.[Sohrab
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, death_place = Turan
, death_cause = Killed in combat by his father, Rostam, with neither Rostam nor Sohrab awa ...]
remains a popular name in Persian-influenced cultures from Turkey to India.
See also
*
*
*
Zurab Zurab ( ka, ზურაბ) is a Georgian masculine given name. It derives from the Persian Sohrab, a name of the legendary warrior from Ferdowsi's ''Shahnameh''. It may refer to:
*Zurab Adeishvili (born 1972), Georgian jurist and politician, Mini ...
– Georgian masculine given name
References
External links
Kayanians
Persian mythology
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