Davazdah Rokh

Davāzdah Rokh (Persian: دَوازدَه رُخ) (Twelve combats) is a story in the Shahnameh. This relatively long story (almost 2,500 verses) is described as one of the finest stories of the Shahnameh in terms of "plot, dramatic description, and insight into human nature".

According to shahnameh It takes place in Zibad or black mountain of Gonabad in Iran state of Greater Khorasan The War of the Twelve Faces, described in the Shahnameh with 2518 verses or 5036 Hemistich and is one of the few mythological stories in the world whose geographical locations are almost certain. Ferdowsi used the name Zibad at least 11 times and the name Gonabad 12 times as the location of this war in geographical area Iran and Turan, In the Hemistich and verses No: 295,310,538,545,1504,1839,2733,3222,4152,4185,503 Zibad had been mentioned : 295 :

  • چو گودرز نزدیک زیبَد رسید
  • سران را ز لشکر همی برگزید

When Goudarz arrived and settled in zibad he chose the best of the army.

  • 545  ز زیبَد همی تاگنابد سپاه
  • در و دشت ازیشان کبود و سیاه

from Zibad to the Gonabad was full of army and warriors the land was covered by combatants. ' ... where a number of Iranian heroes fight with a number of Turanian heroes. In all cases, Iranian heroes defeat their Turanian competitors. Goudarz is the chief of Iranian heroes and Piran Viseh is the chief of Turanian heroes. The battle begins when Piran's brother, Houman, challenges the Iranians and is killed by Bizhan in a single combat. The two armies then join battle, without either side prevailing. Finally they agree to abide by the outcomes of a series of single combats (mard o mard) between the greatest heroes of the two armies:

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