Sohrab

For other uses, see Sohrab (disambiguation).

Persian manuscript painting:Rustam lamented for Suhrab

Sohrāb or Suhrāb (Persian: سهراب‎) is a character from the Shahnameh, or the Tales of Kings by Ferdowsi in the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab. He was the son of Rostam, who was an Iranian warrior, and Tahmineh, the daughter of the king of Samangam, a neighboring country. He was slain at a young age by his father Rostam. Rostam only found out he was his son after fatally wounding him in a duel. Kaykavous, the king of Iran, delayed giving Rostam the healing potion (Noush Daru) to save Sohrab as he feared losing his power to the alliance of the father and the son. Rostam gave Tahmine a bracelet as a reminder and a sign to his son and left Tahmine after the marriage.

His name means literally Red from water in a sense of "beautiful and illustrious/shining face".

One of the most spread male name in Georgia (third most) is "Zurab", Georgian variant of "Sohrab".

Shahnameh of Ferdowsi

Characters	Abtin Arash Afrasiab Akvan-e Div Kay Bahman Bahram V Bahrām Chobin Banu Goshasp Bozorgmehr Div-e-Sepid Esfandiyār Faranak Farangis Fereydun Garshasp Garsivaz Gordafarid Haoma Hooman Huma bird Hushang Īraj Jamasp Jamshid Kāveh Kay Kāvus Kai Khosrow Kai Kobad Keyumars Mahoe Suri Manuchehr Mehrab Kaboli Nariman Nowzar Pashang Rakhsh Roham Rostam Rostam Farrokhzād Rudaba Salm Sām Shaghād Siamak Siyâvash Simurgh Sohrāb Sudabeh Tahmina Tahmuras Tur Zal Zahhak

Places	Alborz Ark of Bukhara Birjand Mount Damavand Fur of India Iran Māzandarān Samangān Turan Zabulistan Zeebad

See also	Asadi Tusi Bahman Nama Banu Goshasp Bijan and Manijeh Bizhan Nama Borzu Nama Cup of Jamshid Faramarz Nama Darab Nama Derafsh Kaviani Abu-Mansur Daqiqi Khosrow and Shirin Pishdadian Dynasty Rostam and Sohrab Rostam's Seven Labours Sadeh Kayanian Kiani Crown Kush Nama Rostam and Sohrab (opera) Persian mythology Persian Trilogy Yadegar-e Zariran Vis and Rāmin

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