Karnamag-i Artaxshir-i Papakan

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The Kārnāmag-ī Ardaxšīr-ī Pābagān or Book of the Deeds of Ardashir, Son of Babag (in Persian: کارنامک اردشير پاپکان‎), is a mythological Pahlavi (Middle Persian) tale written sometime during the Sassanid Empire of Persia (Iran). The book tells of the epic adventures of Ardashir, the founder of the Sassanid Empire. The story relates how Papag dreamed that his pastor, Sassan, was born Ardashir. When Ardashir was born he spent his childhood in the court of Ardavan of Parthia and then ran away with a 'kaniz' (servant) of Ardavan, the last king of the Parthian Empire. After several wars with Ardavan, Ardashir defeated and killed him and founded a new Empire and dynasty who later was named Sasanian (Sassanid) by historians, from his grandfather's name, Sassan.