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Siyâvash (in Persian: سياوش) (common spelling: Siavash) is a character in Ferdowsi's epic, Shahnameh. He was a legendary Persian prince from the earliest days of the Persian Empire. He was a son of Kai Kavoos, then Shah of Iran, and due to the treason of his stepmother, Sudabeh (with whom he refused to have sex and betray his father), self-exiled himself to Turan where he was killed innocently by order of The Turanian king Afrasiab. He was later avenged by his son Kai Khosrow. He is a symbol of innocence in Persian Literature. His name literally means "the one with the black horse". Ferdowsi in Shahnameh dubs his horse as Shabrang Behzād (Persian: شبرنگ بهزاد) literally meaning "night-colored purebred".
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شاهنامه فردوسی Shahnameh of Ferdowsi |
| Characters: | Abteen | Arash | Afrāsiāb | Akvan-e Div | Bahman | Bahrām Chubineh | Bizhan | Div-e Sepid | Esfandiār | Fereydun |Garshasp | Goodarz | Gordāfarid | Haoma | Homa/Huma bird | Hushang | Īraj | Jamasp | Jamshid | Kāveh | Kay Kāvus | Kai Khosrow | Kei Qobád |Kiumars | Luarsab | Manuchehr | Manizheh | Mehrab Kaboli | Nowzar |Pashang | Rakhsh | Rohām | Rostam | Rostam Farrokhzad | Rudābeh | Salm | Sām | Shaghād | Siāmak | Siāvash | Simurgh | Sohrāb |Sudabeh | Tahmineh | Tahmuras |Tur | Zāl | Zahhāk |
| Places: | Alborz (Hara_Berezaiti) | Damavand | Irān | Māzandarān | Samangān | Turān | Zābolestān | Kābul | Birjand | Ark of Bukhara |
| See also: | Asadi Tusi | Derafsh Kaviani | Bijan and Manijeh | Daqiqi | Jat people in Shāhnāma | Rostam and Sohrab | Sadeh | Kayanian | Jaam-e Jam |
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