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Samak the Ayyar Laws of specific jurisdictions " encompassing the dialects ofThe adventures of Samak, a trickster warrior hero of Persia's thousand year old oral storytelling tradition, are beloved in Iran. Samak is an ayyar, a warrior who comes from the common people and embodies the ideals of loyalty, selflessness, and honor a figure that recalls samurai, ronin, and knights yet is distinctive to Persian legend. His exploits set against an epic background of palace intrigue, battlefield heroics, and star crossed romance