The Elements and Traditions of Ayyari in the Story Rostam Yekdast / Kolehdast Based on the Storytelling Scroll and Heroic Folk Tales

Ayyari, which dates back to the pre-Islamic Iran, was considered a socio-political phenomenon the main origin of which was the urban society. This class had such a position among the masses that most of the heroes of the folk tales were Ayyars. The influence of work and behaviors of Ayyars were not limited to such stories, but we also occasionally see traces and signs of it in the Persian heroic poems. With the spread of narration in Iran, the influence of Ayyari literature intensified in epic and heroic stories, and we see the peak of such literature in the figures named Rostam Yekdast / Kolehdast. This emerging figure, created and paid for by the creative and popular minds of the narrators, is a hero who stands up to Rostam and the Iranians, and challenges the heroic face of the Iranian people.  By examining the history and literature of Ayyari in Iran and the Islamic world, this study tries to portray the elements of Ayyari in the actions and behavior of Rostam Yekdast / Kolehdast. In addition, by analyzing the dual nature of Ayyari in the social and political history, it examines the dual personality of Rostam Yekdast / Kolehdast.