Manuchehr

For people with the name, see Manuchehr (name). For the village in Iran, see Manuchehr, Iran.
Old Persian painting, depicting Manuchehr sitting on the royal throne

Manūchehr (in Persian: منوچهر‎‎), older Persian Manōčihr, Avestan Manuščiθra, is a character in the Shahnameh. He is the first of the legendary Shāhs who ruled Iran after the breakup of the world empire of Manūchehr's great-grandfather, Fereydūn.

Manūchehr was the grandson of Īrāj, who was the son of Fereydūn, and he avenged the death of Īrāj at the hands of Fereydūn's other two sons, Salm and Tūr. From the death of Tūr in Manūchehr's war of vengeance sprang a war between the peoples of Īrān and Tūrān that would last for centuries, until the reign of Kai Khosrow.

Manūchehr died after a reign of 120 years, and was succeeded by his son Nowzar.

Family Tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
Shahrnaz
 
 
 
Fereydun
 
 
 
 
 
Arnavaz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fereydun's brother
 
 
 
 
 
Iraj
 
 
Salm
 
 
 
Tur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pashang
 
 
 
 
 
Iraj's daughter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Manuchehr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nowzar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tous
 
Gostahm
 
 
 

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Preceded by
Fereydūn		 Legendary Kings of the Shāhnāma
2300-2420 (after Keyumars) 		Succeeded by
Nowzar
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