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Here is a list of characters represented in the Persian epic poem Shāhnāmeh by Ferdowsi, including both heroes and villains :

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A

• Arash
• Afrasiab
• Abteen
• Arnavaz
• Armin
• Arman

B

• Babak
• Bārbad
• Bizhan
• Bahram
• Bahman
• Borzou
• Bijan
• Behzad

E

• Esfandyar

F

• Faramarz
• Faranak
• Farangis
• Fereydun
• Farhad

G

• Garshasp
• Ghaaran
• Ghobad
• Giv
• Goodarz
• Gordafarid
• Garsivaz
• Giti

H

• Haftvad
• Hushang

I

• Īrāj
• Iskandar

J

• Jamshid

K

• Kaveh the blacksmith
• Kai Khosrow
• Keshvad
• Keyumars
• Kai Kavoos
• Katayoun
• Kasra
• kamus
• Kianoosh

M

• Manuchehr
• Manijeh
• Mardas
• Mehrab Kaboli
• Mehran

N

• Nariman
• Nowzar

Q

• Qaydafeh

R

• Rakhsh
• Roham
• Rostam
• Rostam Farrokhzād
• Rudaba

S

• Saam
• Salm
• Sasan
• Sekandar
• Sarv
• Shaghad
• Shahran Goraz
• Shahrasb
• Shahrnaz
• Shahzreh
• Shirin
• Simurgh
• Siamak
• Siyâvash
• Sohrab
• Sudabeh

T

• Tahmina
• Tahmoores
• Tur

Z

• Zal
• Zahhāk
• Zarvan
• Zoo Tahmasp

v t e Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
Characters	Pishdadian Keyumars Hushang Tahmuras Jamshid Fereydun Iraj Manuchehr Nowzar Zaav Garshasp Kayanian Kay Kawād Kay Kāvus Kay Khosrow Kay Lohrasp Goshtasb Kay Bahman Humay Chehrzad Kay Darab Dara II Male characters Jamasp Siamak Shahrasp Abtin Kayanoush Kāve Arash Salm Tur Qobád Qaren Tous Gostaham Gershasp Nariman Sām Zāl Rostam Sohrab Esfandiyār Pashotan Faramarz Fariborz Siyâvash Farud Zangay-i Shavaran Kashvad Goudarz Giv Bizhan Rohham Bahram Hojir Gorgin Zavara Shaghad Rostam Farrokhzād Barbad Eskandar (Alexander) Female characters Faranak Arnavāz Shahrnāz Sindukht Rudaba Sudabeh Tahmina Banu Goshasp Gordafarid Farangis Manizheh Katāyoun Azadeh Tazian Mardas Zahhak Mehrab Kaboli Turanian Zadashm Pashang Aghrirat Garsivaz Afrasiab Tageuo Shideh Arjasp Viseh Piran Houman Barman Nastihan Biderafsh Clans and families Kashvadian House of Goudarz House of Viseh House of Nowzar House of Sasan House of Sām
Creatures and animals	Akvan Div Kharvazan Div Arzhang Div Div-e Sepid Koulad-Ghandi Huma bird Simurgh Rakhsh Shabdiz Shabrang White Elephant
Places	Iran Turan Zabulistan Sistan Kabul Balkh Ctesiphon Estakhr Mazandaran Alborzkouh Mount Damavand Tammisha Kasa-Roud Other locations...
Structures	Gonbadan Castle (Dez-i Gonbadan) Roein Castle (Dez-i Roein) Sepid Castle (Dezh-i Sepid Bahman Castle (Dezh-i Bahman) Alanan Castle (Dezh-i Alanan Gang Castle (Gang-Dez)
Manuscripts	Florence Shahnameh Great Mongol Shahnameh (or Demotte) Baysonghor Shahnameh Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh of Rashida Windsor Shahnameh Davari Shahnameh
Related	Daqiqi Abu-Mansuri Shahnameh Derafsh Kaviani Babr-e Bayan Zal and Rudabeh Rostam and Sohrab Rostam and Esfandiyar Rostam's Seven Labours Davazdah Rokh Khosrow and Shirin Bijan and Manijeh Persian mythology
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See also

• Iranian literature
• Persian mythology

• Persian literature
• Shahnameh characters