The Oxus
جیحون
Amu Darya
The border between Iran and Turan, and the line almost every war in the epic is fought across. Siyavash crosses it into exile and never comes back.
- Certainty
- Not seriously disputed
- Side
- The border itself
- Coordinates
- 38.4, 64.5
What happens here
- Fereydun Divides the World
He tested his three sons, gave each a third of the earth, and got the test right and the outcome wrong.
- Rostam and Sohrab
Two champions fight for three days without ever exchanging names.
- Siyavash Rides Through the Fire
Accused by the queen, he offered to prove it in the only way the court would accept.
- Bizhan and Manizheh
He was left in a covered pit to die. She begged in the streets to keep feeding him.
- Kay Khosrow Walks Into the Snow
He won everything, and then decided that was the danger.