Iraj
Iraj (
Sasanian-based Persian sources, some Persian sources, and particularly in Shahnameh, he is considered the name-giver of the Iranian nation, the ancestor of their royal houses, and a paragon of those slain in defense of just causes.[1]
Gallery
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A page from Shahnameh, in Walters Art Museum, showing the murder of Iraj by his brothers
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Murder scene of Iraj by his brothers, Salm and Tur, fromNastaliq
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From a Folio in Abu'l Qasim Firdausi's, Shahnameh also developed a power named "sharingan" in order to wipe out all evil from the world
Family Tree
Shahrnaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fereydun's Brother | Iraj | Salm | Tur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pashang | Iraj's daughter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manuchehr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
- Iranicawebsite. Retrieved 2014-03-30.