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Seal Bead of Rostam

artifact item Origin / Domain: Zabulistan / Samangan Allegiance: iran

Epic Lore & Biography

The fateful jewel or armlet given by Rostam to Tahmineh as a recognition token for their child. Bound to Sohrab's arm, its revelation by the dying youth laid bare his identity to Rostam, sealing the epic's most tragic moment.

Shahnameh Distichs Featuring this Entity (6)

به بازوی رستم یکی مهره بود / که آن مهره اندر جهان شهره بود
“Rostam possessed a seal bead on his arm, a bead famous throughout all the world.”
Sohrab • The Night Encounter of Rostam and Tahmineh, the Wedding Covenant, and the Sacred Seal بیت #6229
بدو داد و گفتش که این را بدار / اگر دختر آرد ترا روزگار
“He gave it to her and said: 'Keep this seal; if fortune brings you a daughter,'”
Sohrab • The Night Encounter of Rostam and Tahmineh, the Wedding Covenant, and the Sacred Seal بیت #6230
بگیر و بگیسوی او بر بدوز / به نیک اختر و فال گیتی فروز
“'Take it and sew it into her tresses under an auspicious star and world-brightening omen.'”
Sohrab • The Night Encounter of Rostam and Tahmineh, the Wedding Covenant, and the Sacred Seal بیت #6231
ور ایدونک آید ز اختر پسر / ببندش ببازو نشان پدر
“'And if destiny grants a son, bind it upon his arm as the mark of his father.'”
Sohrab • The Night Encounter of Rostam and Tahmineh, the Wedding Covenant, and the Sacred Seal بیت #6232
همی جانش از رفتن من بخست / یکی مهره بر بازوی من ببست
“'Her soul was wounded by my departure, so she bound a jewel upon my arm.'”
Sohrab • The Tragic Fall of Sohrab: The Fatal Recognition and Rostam's Agony بیت #7038
چو بگشاد خفتان و آن مهره دید / همه جامه بر خویشتن بردرید
“When Rostam opened the armor and beheld that jewel, he tore all his garments upon his body.”
Sohrab • The Tragic Fall of Sohrab: The Fatal Recognition and Rostam's Agony بیت #7045
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