The Timeless Story of Rustam and Sohrab from Shahnama Part 3

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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[123peyk]

به عنوان یک ایرانی بر دستان تاجیکیهای عزیز (هموطنان قدیم و همسایه های کنونی) که در جهت ساخت این فیلم تلاش کرده اند بوسه می زنم.

نوای خوش فرهنگ ایرانی از تار و چنگ ایرانی بدون گنج دل تاجیک و چیره دستی استاد افغان به گوش نخواهد رسید.

[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),

[kurdistaname]

rustem-e zal and sılhaddin eyyubi kurdish nation.HER BIJİ KURDU KURDİSTAN.VERY VERY LONG LİVE KURD AND KURDİSTAN

[sspersian]

@corderitodedios69 no you are wrong:i am from iran khorasan and i am ethnic iranian persian.

pashtun are iranian aryan race and pashtun languag is east iranian dilect.

actually pashtun have more iranian aryan genetic than persian ,baluch,....others ,due to theire life style and hig mountains.

and tajiks are persian :how do say tajiks,perisna,...!!!!tajik is a turkic word for parsi or persian.

[sspersian]

as an iranian i consider tajiks the true rmaining of persian heritage,

while iran became arab .we make movies only for arab peaple:ali,reza,yussof,......

even ferdosi was from khorasan of iran which are near to tajiks.and language is parsi khorasani .

[TheAryaBarzin]

@corderitodedios69 Thanks Va Ba Sepaas my dear Iranian/Tajik Brother! From your Persian Iranian Brother.

[rfumrigar]

Get some subtitles next time on when uploading a Shahnama story here or I'll have to go back to a translated book instead of enjoying a nice visual treat here.

Thanks

[corderitodedios69]

@Imperialpsalm it dont care if youre brown, blond or red haired. we are all sons of kouroush, zardousht, mawlana, ibn sina, surena, babak, ferdowsi, rudaki, khwarezmi, khayyam, saadi, hafez,... and of course, rostam!

persian-tajik brotherhood forever!

[corderitodedios69]

@scpanandikar pigtoons arent aryans. they descend from the lost tribes of israel. only the persians, tayiks, beluchies, nuristanies, kurds,.. etc are aryans. not the pigtoons.

[corderitodedios69]

@duffmanaq by the way, you should show more respect to our iranian brothers. we, tayiks, we are more iranian than "afghan". "afghan" mean "pigtoon", so, we are not afghans. we are khorasani.

i think that youre the typical pigtoon uncultured triying to steal our persian/tajik history. please, return to porkistan or israel. youre not welcome here.

greetings. :D

[corderitodedios69]

@duffmanaq afghan king???? hahahahahahahaha. afghanistan is a fake state created by the british empire in 1747. mahmud ghazni was a turke khar son of a cooker, slave of samanids! LOL

by the way, we didnt defeat the greeks. is tru that the bactrians, aryans and soghdians (besus, satibarzanes and spitama) fought hardly against greeks, but we lost the war. thats the reason that after iskander death, bactria became in the "grekobactrian" empire.

[77moessa]

this is complete madness. was,nt rustam the general of the persian army during the lifetime of the prophet(sallalho alaih was salam).