The Timeless Story of Rustam and Sohrab from Shahnama Part 8

This is the story of "Rustam and Sohrab" from the great Shahnama (Book of the Kings). The Shahnama is a poetic epic written by the Persian/Tajik poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD. The Shahnama tells the mythical and historical past of Persia from the creation of the world up until the Arab invasion of Persia. The Shahnama, written in Persian, has been pivotal for reviving the Persian language subsequent to the influence of Arabic. The Book of the Kings is regarded as a literary masterpiece which reflects Persia's history, cultural values, its ancient religion, Zoroasterianism, and its profound sense of nationhood.
This particular story of Rustam and Sohrab is only one of the many chapters in the Shahnama. Rustam has always been a hero to Persians/Tajiks as well as other Persian speakers. The Shahnama is very important, especially nowadays, because contrary to what people think today, it does not represent just the political country of Iran. Instead, the epic covers parts of modern-day Afghanistan, as well as Iran, Tajikistan, and the cities of Samarqand and Bukhara. Though the peoples of these regions are separated against their will by such political borders it can not change the fact that they share the same language, culture and history and, importantly, Rustam is still their hero. The Shahnama is valued above the Quran and fortunately the Persians/Tajiks are rediscovering their roots and shaking loose from the hold that Arabic had on them. They are realizing just how barbaric the Arabs are and they are moving away from the Arab culture and Islam and going towards their own culture and beliefs. Though there are still Persians/Tajiks who defend the savage acts of the Arabs i.e. forcing their language on the Persians/Tajiks, changing their livelihood, abolishing their legends, etc. These Persians/Tajiks do not realize the errors of their ways and the fact that they are just pawns being used by the Arabs. As the saying goes, "When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you." Others work to keep the Persians/Tajiks separated for their own advantage. It is legends like Rustam who serve as reminders of the greatness the Persians/Tajiks come from. And it is books like the Shahnama that captures the timeless power of a great culture.

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[kianooshm]

Thanks to our Tajik brothers for making such movies.

It's a good start point for achieving movies as mature as Ferdowsi's Great Sahnameh deserves,

Hope stupid Iranian governments also turn their foolish direction of not appreciating Persian ancient history/culture,

I personally think if Ferdowsi didn't save Paarsi language by creating Shahnameh, we (Iranians, Tajiks, Afghans, Kurds, ...) migh all be talking Arabic now! (you know Paarsi was forbidden for over 2 centuries in Pesia by Arabs),

[kjupiter3000]

Thank you for this video.

[setarehira]

ferdowsi belongs to all who are farsi speaking but he was born in Tus and that was not and is not part of Tajikestan...he is a man from khorasan,however his work is appreciated by all of us farsi speaking ppl.

[LedyAmetis]

Rustam and Sohrab is USSA movie (Tajikfilm, 1971), not Hollywood. It`s a second part from trilogy, first part - Legend (saga) about Rostam (1971), third part - Legend about Siavash (1976)

[Fedayin1915]

HEY YO YO YO ROSTAM WAS ARMENIAN

[sdsfgsty]

@kianooshm it is an Holywood movie. The original is in English.

[corderitodedios69]

thanks to great tajik/persian people like ferdowsi, daqiqi, rudaki,... etc. and thanks to the samanid empire, our culture and language found salvation.

im herati, and im very proud of my persian culture, language, history and race.

dorood berai kole mardume parsiparast.

[Moskvich30]

@EvaHartwig He was born in Kulob Tajikistan and after i left to Osetia dera freind.He played befor in movies Hassan Ara bakesh

[masih2kale]

@kianooshm God bless you and all Aryans,

would you give me any source that shows Arabs forbidden paarsi in Iran for 2 centuries? thanks :)

[ashkeshab40]

salam wa dorod bar shoma tajik khili khob bod man ke koli sargarm shodam dastane iran wa tajikestan dar yek negah baz ham az in karha bekon

[hmt111]

Excellent movie about Epic of Shahnaameh by Ferdowsi. It is made in the Opera Format, very creative and original; all speeches are rhymed in Persian with slight Tajik touch of accent.

[seanamico]

Darood bar shoma, kheylee mamnoon baraye information. fekr kardam, lahjeh benzar meeyad Tajik bashad.