Siyâvash
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Siyâvash (in Persian: سياوش) (common spelling: Siavash) is a character in Ferdowsi's epic, Shahnameh. He was a legendary Persian prince from the earliest days of the Persian Empire. He was a son of Kai Kavoos, then Shah of Iran, and due to the treason of his stepmother, Sudabeh (with whom he refused to have sex, betraying his father), self-exiled himself to Turan where he was killed innocently by the order of The Turanian king Afrasiab. He was later avenged by his son Kai Khosrow. He is a symbol of innocence in Persian Literature.
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شاهنامه فردوسی Shahnameh of Ferdowsi |
| Characters: | Abtin | Arash | Afrāsiāb | Esfandiār | Fereydun | Goodarz | Gordāfarid | Hushang | Jamshid | Kāveh | Kai Khosrow | Kiumars | Manuchehr | Rakhsh | Rohām | Rostam | Rostam Farrokhzad | Rudābeh | Sām | Shaghād | Siāmak | Siāvash | Simurgh | Sohrāb | Tahmineh | Tahmuras | Zāl | Zahhāk |
| Places: | Irān | Māzandarān | Samangān | Turān | Zābol | Kābul |
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