Hushang
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Hūshang, also spelled Hōshang, is an early hero-king in Iranian mythical history. He is known from Avestan, Middle Persian, and Sasanian-based Persian and Arabic sources. He appears to have been one o
Hushang Slays the Black Div. Miniature by Sultan Mohammed from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf, folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama
IRAN Miniatur by UNESCO 1957
The Court of Gayumars
Tahmuras
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Tahmuras or Tahmures was the third Shah of the mythical Pishdadian dynasty of Iran according to Ferdowsi's epic poem, the Shahnameh. He is considered the builder of Merv.
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…and Arabic sources. He appears to have been one of several 'first man/king' figures in different Iranian traditions, along with Jamshid, Keyumars, and Tahmuras. In the Avesta, he is called Haoshyangha and is given the epithet Paradhāta, whence Persian pishdad. While this title is given only to Hushang in the…
Tahmuras Defeating the Divs. Miniature by Reza Abbasi from the Shahnameh of Shah Abbas. Qazvin, c. 1590-1600. Chester Beatty Library
Lee Lawrie, Tahmurath (1939). Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.