Sohrab

Persian Sohrab, son of Rostam by Tahmineh of Samangan, slain unrecognised by his father in the most famous tragedy of the Shahnameh. Named in the prose and cited section (Rostam and Sohrab) of zoroastrian_rostam. The family tree links from this child via parentIds=[zoroastrian_rostam]; the mother Tahmineh is not yet a registry figure.

Parentage

• parent: Rostam

Domains

• heroic champion

Powers

• leads the Turanian host against Iran to find his father Rostam and is slain by him unrecognised

Sources

• existence: Ferdowsi, Shahnameh (the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab) (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, article Sohrab (secondary)