Iraj

Qajar-era illustration of Iraj, Salm and Tur

Iraj (Persian: ایرج, romanized: ʾīraj; Pahlavi: ērič; from Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 airiia, literally "Aryan") is the seventh Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty, depicted in the Shahnameh. Based on Iranian mythology, he is the youngest son of Fereydun. In the Avestan legends, Pahlavi literature, 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.

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, from National Library of Russia, St Petersburg – The calligraphy in the margins are Nastaliq
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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

Arnavaz

Fereydun

Shahrnaz

Fereydun's Brother

Iraj

Salm

Tur

Pashang

Iraj's daughter

Manuchehr

External links

• Shahnameh in Persian Wikisource: Freydun chapter (in Persian)
• The story of Freydun and his three sons in English Wikisourse