Iraj
File:Name-ye Khosrovan bsb11180462 00386.jpg-era illustration of Iraj, Salm and Tur]]
Iraj ({{langx|fa|ایرج|ʾīraj}}; Pahlavi: ērič; from Avestan: {{lang|ae|{{script|Avst|𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀}}}} {{transliteration|ae|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. He was killed by his brothers Salm and Tour.
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.{{cite web|last=Shapour Shahbazi|first=Alireza|title=IRAJ|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/iraj|publisher=Iranica website|access-date=2014-03-30}}
Gallery
{{Gallery
| File:Firdawsi - The Murder of Iraj - Walters W60230B - Full Page.jpg|A page from Shahnameh, in Walters Art Museum, showing the murder of Iraj by his brothers
| File:Salm and Tur murder Iraj.jpg|Murder scene of Iraj by his brothers, Salm and Tur, from National Library of Russia, St Petersburg – The calligraphy in the margins are Nastaliq
| File:The Murder of Iraj.jpg|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
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Family Tree
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{{Tree chart | | | | | | | ARN |~|y|~| FRN |~|~|y|~|~| SHN | |SHN=Shahrnaz|FRN=Fereydun|ARN=Arnavaz}}
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{{Tree chart | | BRO | | | | | | IRJ | | | SLM | | | | TUR | | | | |BRO=Fereydun's Brother|IRJ=Iraj|SLM=Salm|TUR=Tur}}
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{{Tree chart | | PSG |~|~|y|~|~| UNM | | | | | | |PSG=Pashang|UNM=Iraj's daughter}}
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{{Tree chart | | | | | | MNR | | | | | | |MNR=Manuchehr}}
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Sources
External links
- [http://fa.wikisource.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86 Shahnameh in Persian Wikisource: Freydun chapter] (in Persian)
- The story of Freydun and his three sons in English Wikisourse
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