Place · The Shahnameh · Volumes I, II, III

Saklabسقلاب

sagh-LAHB

The land of the Slavs.

In the poem: First at B13.18, Afrasiab Sends Aid to Piran; last at E6.54, Khosrow Answers with Gifts
Named: 20 times, in 17 sections
Main stories: B14 The Great Battle with the Khan of Chin (11); B13 Mount Hamavan and the Kamus Campaign (4); D10 The Bahram Goor Cycle: Justice, Foreign Adventures, and End of a Reign (2)

In the poem’s own words

The 8 sections that name Saklab most often, with the summary from the Notes and the couplets that name Saklab. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.

B13.18

Afrasiab Sends Aid to Piran

A messenger announces that Afrasiab has sent a vast allied army: the Khan of Chin, Manshur, Kamus of Kashan and kings from Kashmir to the Slav lands. Piran rejoices and boasts that he will lay waste all Iran.

B13.18.24
From Saklab Kundur comes, a lion bold,And Biward comes from Kat, in battle old.

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B13.23

Fariborz Reaches Mount Hamavan

Fariborz’s vanguard arrives. Gudarz rides to meet him, and the two embrace and weep for the dead. Gudarz describes the vast enemy army. Fariborz says Rostam is close behind and has ordered them to hold their ground.

B13.23.20
From Chin, Saklab, Rum, and Hind they came,From ruined lands and settled fields the same.

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B13.27

Iran and Turan Set Their Battle Lines

Houman spots Rostam’s dragon banner and warns Piran, but Kamus scoffs. The allied army deploys around the Khan’s elephants. Rostam views the vast enemy from the mountain, marvels, and orders the Iranian advance, sparing the exhausted Rakhsh.

B13.27.72
From Kashan, Shakn, and Wahr their armies came,From Chaghan, Chin, Saklab, and Hind by name.

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B13.30

Iran and Turan Prepare for Battle

The allied kings hold a war council by night and resolve on an all-out attack, the Khan refusing further delay. Rostam encourages the Iranians, promises spoils, and arms himself in mail, jowshan, Babr-e Bayan and helmet before mounting Rakhsh.

B13.30.5
Shamiran of Shakn, Shangul of Hind,Kundur of Saklab, and the king of Sind.

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B14.5

Piran Comes before Rostam

Rostam names himself to Piran and brings greetings from Kay Khosrow and Farangis. Piran pours out his grief for Siavash and his divided loyalties, and pleads for peace. Rostam demands the guilty men or Piran’s defection; Piran secretly chooses war.

B14.5.53
From Shakn, Kashan, Saklab, Hind they came,From lands to Sind’s great sea, all free of blame.

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B14.11

Rostam Puts Shangul to Flight

Shangul challenges ‘the Sagzi’. Rostam, stung, unhorses him with one spear-thrust, but his men carry him off unhurt. Shangul warns that no one can face Rostam alone, so the Khan orders a mass attack, and Rostam cuts through Chin’s left wing. Piran fears Afrasiab’s anger.

B14.11.6
No Hind or Saklab warrior shall stay;Blades wrought in Hind and Chin I sweep away.”
B14.11.35
The troops of Chin and Shakn filled the view,With Hind and Saklab, Herat, Pahlav too.

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B14.12

Rostam Battles Sava

Rostam declares that he needs no helper but God and Rakhsh, and orders drums and cymbals to sound when he charges. He routs Kundur’s wing, then kills Kamus’s kinsman Sava with a single blow of his gorz, and the Kashani standard falls.

B14.12.6
No man of Chin or Saklab shall remain,Nor any warrior from Shakn’s domain.
B14.12.16
Cleave through the ranks of Chin and Saklab; raiseThe dust so thick it hides the sun’s bright blaze.

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B14.17

Rostam’s Letter to Kay Khosrow

Rostam dictates a letter to Kay Khosrow: a hundred thousand enemies, forty days of fighting, and kings taken with his own kamand. Fariborz leads the captives and spoil home on three thousand hiyuns, while Rostam marches his army across the desert into Turan.

B14.17.36
Who knew that cunning man from Sind would standWith Chin, Saklab, and Hind at his command?
B14.17.38
Then Hind, Shingan, Saklab, and Chin shall raiseNo praise for him throughout the coming days.”

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All 17 sections that name Saklab