Kaveh the Blacksmith

Kaveh the Blacksmith (Persian: کاوه آهنگر, romanized: Kāveh Āhangar, IPA: [kʰɒːˈve ʔɒːɦæŋˈɡæɹ] ⓘ)[1][2] is a figure in Iranian mythology who leads an uprising against a ruthless foreign ruler, Zahāk.

This flag, known as Derafsh Kaviani, was later decorated with precious jewels and became the symbol of Persian sovereignty for hundreds of years, until captured and destroyed by the Arabs, following the defeat of the Sassanids at the 636 Battle of al-Qadisiyyah.

Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, who rebelled against the Abbasid Caliphate, claimed the inheritance of the kings of Persia and sought "to revive their glory," in 867 he sent a poem written by himself to the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tazz, stating: "With me is the Derafsh Kaviani, through which I hope to rule the nations.

"[4] In later times, Kāveh the Blacksmith was invoked by Iranian nationalists starting from the generation of Mirza Fatali Akhundov.

[7] It is also believed that these people, like Kawe the Blacksmith who took refuge in the mountains over the course of history, later they were called by the profession of their ancestor and created a Kurdish ethnicity.