View Rostam And Sohrab Poem Background. It's based around a mythical and historical event that took place in persia around the 10th century. There are many great things within this poem but there are many thoughts i have about the poem.
And by what he has done during 30 years of hard working of searching the stories, as they were almost forgotten at the time, and making poems using persian words, instead of arabic, he had rescued our culture!
Sohrab, with his army and that of afrasiab, set out, intending to fight his way until rustum should be sent against him when he would reveal himself to his on the way southward, sohrab overthrew and captured the persian champion, hujir. The epic tale of rostam and sohrab, which is one of the most famous stories of the shahname, has a romantic beginning and a very tragic ending. It's based around a mythical and historical event that took place in persia around the 10th century. It is based on the story, rostam and sohrab in the epic shahnameh.