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Saam

साम
said saam
also written: Sam-e-Nariman
Meaning

A great champion of the Shahnama, father of the white-haired Zaal and grandfather of Rustam, founder of the line of heroes of Sistan.

Usage & notes

Saam stands at the head of the great heroic lineage of the Shahnama; his name evokes ancestral martial might passed down to Zaal and Rustam.