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Rostam

literary character

Also known as: Rustam

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Islamic literature

In Islamic arts: Epic and romance
…on tales of the hero Rostam. These stories are essentially part of a different culture, thus revealing something about the Indo-European sources of Iranian mythology. The struggle between Iran and Tūrān (the central Asian steppes from which new waves of nomadic conquerors distributed Iran’s urban culture) forms the central theme…
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