Talk:Rostam

rostams name root
can any one add this point to the article. rostams name is( rast+takham )  rast= good,right and takhm=tahm= ancesstors, father,family that means from a good or honored  family

Birth
I added a paragraph about the story of Rostam's birth. This is a well known story. I have taken this paragraph from Caesarean section.Shabdiz 08:30, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Reference to Rostam in "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time"
Added a small paragraph about the references made to Rostam in PoP: Sands of Time, a popular PC game. Noticed these while playing the game, did a little research... yeah. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Blue Meanie (talk • contribs) 05:32, 25 March 2007


 * I removed this section because this information isn't very relevant to the subject at hand. These mentions aren't even notable enough to mention in of SoT's own wiki article. The content of this article should be limited to information to enhances the readers direct knowledge and understanding of this mythical hero. This was just fancruft. --75.2.85.12 03:47, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Rostam as a contemporary name
Is Rostam used as a contemporary name? If so, how widespread is its use? To give some background, I know of an identical name used by the Javanese. It could be just a sound-alike, but there's a possibility that they're related. — Gareth Hughes 17:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I think this is the right name here; it is widespread, it sure is, as can be seen on at least vife other wikipedia's, just the way as Donia the Great is! It is a name that'll remain the articles name for a long, long time. I don't see no other alternative. The other Javanese-name ain't no commonly known name; it probabably is just the same, but a last name can be found there. Perhaps, you can search for the name, and create a redirection-page to it? -)-(-H- (&#124;-&#124;) -O-)-(- 19:27, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Rostam is not used much in Iran as a public name, yet, in some ext soviet union countries, the name is frequently used, as "Rustom".

im living in iran and ive heard this name alot  most in  Zoroastrian  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.186.194.236 (talk) 07:26, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Rustom is frequently used among Zoroastrians. Just because it is not used as much in Iran, does not mean it is not used at all. It is commonly used among the Parsis. Warrior4321  Contact Me  23:32, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Reality and Myth
I think Rustam might have been a person or a solider or whatever in history, he is famous because of an Iranian myth a folk story about Rustam and his son Sohrab. Even if Rustam actually existed it was prehistoric and not during the time of Ali which is just 1400 years ago, he might have lived during the days of Darius or Alexander or even earlier. It appears that in this page the Myth is being made reality. Moreover, any story related to prophet Muhammed (SAW)or his cousin Ali should based on strong references.

Unclear first paragraph
In the intro it says
 * In some ways, the position of Rostam in the historical tradition is parallel to that of Surena, the hero of the Carrhae. His figure was endowed with many features of the historical personality of Rostam. The latter was always represented as the mightiest of Iranian paladins, and the atmosphere of the episodes in which he features is strongly reminiscent of the Arsacid period.

Does "His figure" refer to Rostam or Surena? Was there a "historical personality of Rostam", i.e. a real person of that name? If so, what do we know about him, and why does the rest of the article not talk about him? "The latter" seems to refer to this historical personality, and what are the "episodes in which he features"? AxelBoldt (talk) 00:10, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Persian in Shahnameh
Why do you keep writing the adjective "Persian" regarding heroes and stories of Shahnamah? Ferdowsi treats "Persian" as only a language, and uses Irani, Zabuli (Specifically for Rustam) etc. Sources of stories in Shahnamah are basically old Iranian stories and cannot be thought of as Persian folk tales. Avoid using wiki pages as ground for promoting ethnic ideals, this is a disgusting behavior.حضرت محمود (talk) 19:38, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Kurdish Restem
Someone that want to add a bit about the kurdish version of Restem Zal? Cause according to the Shah-Name, he was persian. But the epic stories of Restem Zal has existed long before the Shah-Name was written, Kurds claim Restem to be Kurdish while Afghans claim him to be Afghan. I surely don't think that the Restem-person/character was alive during the Arabic invasion of Persia, he is probably much older than that. I think it would go as far as during the Median Empire, probably a warrior of them, or a time were the Aryan people lived very close to eachother, they were maybe even one single people that splitted into Kurds, Afghans and Persians. If he was alive during this Aryan people era, then it explains why all of the different people claim Restem Zal to be of their origin.

--Diyairaniyanim (talk) 17:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

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Graeme374 (talk) 05:50, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Rustem (Iranian Myth)
Someone has newly created Rustem (Iranian Myth). Same with spelling variation or different? Dloh cierekim  19:48, 10 January 2014 (UTC)


 * It seems to be a very garbled version of Rostam's_Seven_Labours. I infer it should be expunged. Pinkbeast (talk) 19:56, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will tag for csd a 10. Dloh cierekim  21:42, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Beat you to it. Sorry, should have said. Pinkbeast (talk) 21:59, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

✅ Dloh  cierekim  01:13, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Time period?
I can't find anything in the article about when Rostam would have lived. Any indications? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12 Centuries (talk • contribs) 15:14, 3 January 2017 (UTC)


 * He's a mythological figure - all we can know is the earliest occurrence of the legend. He didn't live at any time because he isn't real (or, if based on reality, the exact basis is unknown). Pinkbeast (talk) 05:21, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

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A baseless theory on name Rostam
I think it’s probable that Rostam is not the name of a person but the name for role of family head and maybe zaal was also the name referring elder/previous head/counciler 31.2.135.39 (talk) 09:18, 1 December 2021 (UTC)


 * According to whom ? source ? ---Wikaviani  (talk) (contribs)  09:35, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Zabulistan clarification
I think it would be more accurate to clarify that Zabulistan was a territory including Ghazni and Zabul, not just Zabul. Sometimes Zabul was even considered synonymous with Ghazni. 2A02:8428:809E:6701:E4ED:5B5E:1EEB:E8EB (talk) 05:19, 6 January 2024 (UTC)