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Kaveh
Kaveh Kaveh represents the power of ordinary people who rise against tyranny through righteous indignation rather than political calculation — the craftsman who becomes a revolutionary because what is being asked is simply too unjust to endure. Characters named Kaveh often combine practical, working-class roots with an unexpected capacity for historic action.
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Kaveh the Blacksmith
Shahnameh (Book of Kings) — Ferdowsi
The heroic blacksmith who leads a popular uprising against the serpent-shouldered tyrant Zahhak, his leather apron raised as the legendary royal standard of Persia.
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