Sistan
سیستان
Sistan basin, on the Iran–Afghanistan border
Rostam's homeland, and the seat of his family for the whole heroic age. The poem also calls it Nimruz and Zabulistan. Everything Rostam does begins with a ride out of here.
- Certainty
- Not seriously disputed
- Side
- Iran
- Coordinates
- 31, 61.5
What happens here
- Zal and the Simorgh
The baby was born with white hair, so his father left him on a mountain.
- Zal and Rudabeh
She was descended from the tyrant. They were told no by everyone, and did it anyway.
- The Seven Trials of Rostam
The king got himself captured by demons. Somebody had to go.
- Rostam and Sohrab
Two champions fight for three days without ever exchanging names.
- Rostam and Esfandiyar
Two men who like each other, ordered into a fight neither one wants.
- The Death of Rostam
Five hundred years of war, and it ends with a hunting trip and a half-brother.