Rostam Farrokhzad
Rostam Farrokhzād (رستمفرّخزاد in Persan) was the Ērān Spāhbod (commander-in-chief) armed forces of the empire Sassanide during the reign of Yazdgard III (632 - 651).
Originating in Arménie (one of the provinces of the Persian empire ), his/her brother and are useful to him honestly and effectively the army. Indeed, Yazdgard sends itself Rostam to the head of a Persian force to be confronted with the army arabo-Moslem woman which slowly invaded the empire by south-west. Although Rostam had doubts about the success of its mission (certain sources quote premonitory dreams), it accepted the order of Yazdgard and was confronted with the army of Moslem invasion close to banks of the Euphrate, in the plain of Al-Qâdisiyya. During the three days battle which followed, a warrior succeeds in capturing and killing Rostam itself, which involved a terrible rout in the Persian rows.
The Persan poet Ferdowsi tale exploits of Rostam and its last tragic battle in the poem epic called Shâh Nâmâ. Ferdowsi concludes its nationalist epic fresco by this battle and the murder from Rostam, which marks the beginning of the Islamic Conquête of Iran.
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