Arnavāz

Arnavāz (Persian: اَرْنَواز) (Arənauuāčī in Avestā) is one of the two daughters (or possibly sisters) of Jamshid, the mythological king of Iran. Arnavāz and her sister, Shahrnāz first married with Zahhāk, but when Fereydun defeated Zahhāk and imprisoned him in the mount Damāvand, they married to Fereydun. In some versions of Shahname including the Moscow version, and also in Ṯaʿālebī's account of the story, Arnavaz and Shahrnāz are the daughters of Jamshid, but in some other versions, they are the sisters of Jamshid.[1]

According to the Shahname, she lived with Zahhak in harmony and Zahhak "taught her how to commit crime". Nonetheless, Arnavāz was the advisor of Zahhak. When Fereydun finally defeated Zahhak, he made Arnavāz and her sister repent and cleansed them from her sins and took both of them as his consorts. Shahrnaz bore him two childs, Tur and Salam, while Arnavāz bore him his youngest son, Iraj. Fereydun then divided the world between his sons, he gave Rum (Roman) to Salam, Turan to Tur, and Iran to Iraj. Because Iran was the best part of the world, this aroused the jealousy of Salam and Tur, and so they killed Iraj. Iraj had an unnamed girl who married to Pashang (not to be confused with Turanian Pashang), and bore him a son, Manuchehr. Manuchehr then revenged Iraj's murder.

References

  1. A. Sh. Shahbazi (December 15, 1986). "ARNAVĀZ". ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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