Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 5
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🗓️ 15 September 2025
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In this lesson, we cover the thrilling conclusion to the Story of Zal in the Shahnameh with Leyla and Dr. Sahba Shayani, where Zal returns with Sam to their palace in Zabulistan, where he enjoys a hero's welcome.
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| 0:00.0 | Learn Persian with Chaiang Conversation. |
| 0:02.8 | Shah Nome, The tale of Zol with Dr. Sa'pa Shoyani. |
| 0:43.8 | Salom Sa'am, Sa'a Jhan. |
| 0:45.7 | Salam Leila, John. |
| 0:47.1 | Great to be back again. |
| 0:48.8 | Yes, and today we are revealing the thrilling conclusion of this part of the story. |
| 0:53.8 | Of course, is a small part of the Shah Named tale. |
| 0:57.1 | But what are we going to be hearing about today? |
| 1:00.3 | So we left off with Zol having essentially listened to his guardian for the past, you know, many years, Seymour, the great Seymour, and deciding to give his |
| 1:12.4 | father Somme, his biological father Somm, a second chance, essentially, right? Now that he's come |
| 1:18.2 | back asking for forgiveness and realizing the mistakes that he's made in the past. So Zol, under the |
| 1:25.3 | guidance of Seymourke, decides, okay, I will give this a shot and he descends, |
| 1:30.8 | Seymourg takes him down the mountain and gives him to Somm, and Somm bows before Seymour in thanks, |
| 1:39.0 | and looks upon Zol and breaks into tears because of how much he's grown and what a handsome young man |
| 1:44.8 | he has become. And then we start the rest of the tale. A handsome young man, albeit with white |
| 1:51.0 | hair still. White hair. Yes, exactly, with white hair. Yes. Okay. So actually, I'll read a little |
| 1:57.1 | description of Zol here for you. So when, when S, he says, Ferdozzi writes, Baru Bazui, shir and churhshied, Rui, Delaire, d'elahlepahelawan, dast of Shemshir, jude. So, baru, bazui, shir and churhui. Upon him, upon Zal, he sees the arms, |
| 2:20.6 | Bazuya, this is a word we still use for your forearm, |
| 2:24.5 | the arm, the forearms of a lion and the face of a sun. |
| 2:33.2 | You, I love, this is what I love about the sh Shahnam is that it's written in the 11th century, |
| 2:37.7 | but we can still read it and understand it so easily. |
| 2:41.0 | That's wild, yeah. |
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