Siavash (سیاوش)

Siavash’s mother is an unnamed princess of Garsivaz’s lineage. Siavash is wrongly accused by his stepmother, Sudabeh, and forced to prove his innocence by riding through fire. Siavash is sent away by his father, King Key Kavus, to Zabulistan, where he is raised by Rostam. Siavash’s marriage to Farangis was a strategic union arranged to secure his safety and status while in exile in Turan. Siavash was later betrayed and murdered by his father-in-law, Afrasiab, in Turan. It was the jealousy of Afrasiab's brother, Garsivaz, who eventually turned the king against him. After Siavash is executed, red tulips (laleh) grew from the ground where his blood was spilled. Rostam blames Sudabeh for the incident and murders her.