Rakhsh
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From the "Shahnumeh" collection.
Rustam needs a horse and all the horses in the kingdom are paraded in front of him. He places his hand on each horsesʼ back and each horse buckles under his strength and their bellies touch the ground, then he sees a young foal, brave as a lion, as tall as a camel, as strong as an elephant. No one knows who the foal belongs to and no one can catch him. Rustam is the only one who can catch and saddle the foal. He says that the foal will be his war horse and calls the foal " Rakhsh" Rakhsh is the stallion of protagonist Rustam in the Persian national epic, Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. The color of Rakhsh is described as ' rose leaves that have been scattered upon a saffron ground' and it is first noticed by Rustam amongst the herds of horses brought over from Zabulistan and Kabul.
The Shahnameh (“Book of Kings”, composed 977-1010 CE) is a medieval epic written by the poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi (l. c. 940-1020 CE) in order to preserve the myths, legends, history, language, and culture of ancient Persia. It is the longest work by a single author in world literature at a length of 50,000 rhymed couplets, 62 stories, and 990 chapters.
