Rostam Farrokhzad

Rostam Farrokhzad
17th-century Shahnameh illustration of Rostam Farrokhzad
Died19 November 636
al-Qadisiyyah
AllegianceSasanian Empire
CommandsSpahbed of Adurbadagan (631–636)
Battles / warsBattle of al-Qadisiyyah
RelationsFarrukh Hormizd (father)
Farrukhzad (brother)

Rostam Farrokhzād (Persian: رستم فرخزاد) was a dynast from the Ispahbudhan family, who served as the spahbed ("military marshal") of the northwestern quarter (kust) of Adurbadagan under the Sasanian monarchs Boran (r. 630–630, 631–632) and Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651). Rostam is remembered as a historical figure, a character in the Persian epic poem Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), and as a touchstone of many Iranian nationalists.


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