Rostam (name)

Rostam / Rustam / Rostom
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Persian
Other names
Variant form(s)	Rustem, Rüstem

Rostam or Rustam or Rostom (Persian: رستم) is a name referring to the Persian mythical hero Rostam who was immortalized by the poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh (Book of Kings). It has been commonly used as a male Persian given name, and may refer to the following people:

Given name

Rostam Farrokhzād (died 636), An ancient Persian nobleman and army chief
Rostom of Abkhazia, ruler of the Principality of Abkhazia
Rustam Asildarov (born 1981), leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
Rostam Aziz (born 1960), Tanzanian politician and businessman
Rostom Bagdasarian (1919–1972), American artist and record producer
Rostam Bastuni (1923–1994), first Israeli-Arab politician
Rostam Batmanglij (born 1983), American music producer and multi-instrumentalist
Rustam Effendi (1903–1979), Indonesian writer and member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Rustam Emomali (born 1987), Tajik official, son of Emomali Rahmon
Rostam Ghasemi (1964-2022), Iranian military officer and politician
Rostam Gorgani (fl. 1550), Persian physician who lived in India
Rustam Ibragimbekov (1939–2022), Azeri screenwriter and film director
Rostom of Imereti (1571–1605), Georgian king
Rostom of Kartli (1565–1658), Iranian–Georgian king and military commander
Prince Rostom of Kartli (died 1722), Iranian–Georgian prince and military commander
Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 1979), Uzbek chess master
Rostom, nom de guerre of Stepan Zorian (1867–1919), Armenian revolutionary
Rustam Khan Khoyski (1888–1948), Azerbaijani statesman
Rustam Khudzhamov (born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
Rustam Khudiyev (born 1985), Kazakh swimmer
Rostom Madatyan (1782–1829), Armenian-Russian general
Rustam Minnikhanov (born 1957), Russian politician, current President of Tatarstan
Rostam Mirlashari (born 1960), Iranian musician
Rustam Mirza (1381–1424/25), a grandson of Timur
Rustam Rahimov (born 1979), German-Tajik boxer
Roustam Raza (c. 1780–1845), famous bodyguard of Napoleon Bonaparte
Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Safi) (1588–1643), Iranian-Georgian military commander and official
Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Suleiman I) (fl. second half of the 17th century), Iranian-Georgian military commander and official
Rostam K. Saeed (born 1964), Kurdish mathematician and professor from Iraq
Rustam Saidov (born 1978), Uzbek boxer
Rustam Sharipov (born 1971), Ukrainian gymnast
Rustam Sutan Palindih (1898–1971), Indonesian film director and writer
Roustam Tariko (born 1962), Russian entrepreneur
Rustam Temirgaliev (born 1976), Crimean politician
Röstäm Yaxin (1921–1993), Russian composer and pianist
Rustam (Haqqani network), Afghan alleged Taliban militant
Rustam Shah Mohmand (1942-2024), Pakistani political scientist and served as ambassador to Afghanistan
Rustam Ali Faraizi (born 1952), Bangladeshi politician
Rustam Ali Mollah (1920–2023), Bangladeshi politician and freedom fighter
Muhammad Rustam Ali (born 1960), Bangladeshi chemist and academic

Given name

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