Tahmina

Tahmina (تَهمينه tæhˈmiːne, Тахмина , various other transcriptions like Tahmeena, Tehmina, Tahmineh, Takhmina) is a female character in the story Rostam and Sohrab, part of the 10th-century Persian epic of Shahnameh. Her name is mentioned as the wife of Rostam and as the daughter of Samanganshah, the sovereign of Samangan. ==References in the Shahnameh== In the Shahnameh, Rostam and Sohrab's story begins when Rostam loses his horse, Rakhsh. Grieved and angry, Rostam reaches at Samangan, where he was greeted by the king, who offered him the assurance that Rakhsh was too well known for his hiding place not to be soon discovered. The king of Samangan invites Rostam to stay for the night, therefore, he provides a lodging for the hero in his own palace. That night, Tahmina comes to Rostam's bedchambers and declares her love for him. The scene is so described in the Shahnama: Rostam commands that a virtuous priest should come and crave her for him from her father. After their marriage, Rostam sleeps with Tahminah and later gives her a jewel from the band around his arm, saying: Upon finding his horse, Rostam leaves the city of Samangan and returns to Iran. After nine months, Tahmina bears Rostam a son, Sohrab. In the final Iran-Turan battle, when Rostam kills Sohrab, he discovers the jewel, realizing that Sohrab is his son. Tahmina's name appears once again in the Shahnama when she receives the tidings of her son's death. She is recorded to have cried: