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Rudabeh
Rudabeh Rudabeh embodies the brave lover who defies family and convention to pursue the one she has chosen — a name for characters who love decisively and act on that love with both poetic romanticism and practical courage. She is the woman who lets down her hair, literally and figuratively, and does not regret it.
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Rudabeh
Shahnameh (Book of Kings) — Ferdowsi
The princess who falls in love with the white-haired hero Zal and lets her long hair down from the tower for him to climb, becoming the mother of the great hero Rostam.
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