Kāveh the blacksmith (کاوه آهنگر Kāveh Āhangar known as The Blacksmith of Isfahan or Kaveh of Isfahan, is a mythical figure in Iranian mythology who leads a popular uprising against a ruthless foreign ruler, Zahhāk. His story is narrated in the epic of Shāhnāmeh, the national epic of Iran by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi To...