Manuchehr
Old Persian painting, depicting Manuchehr sitting on the royal throne
ManÅ«chehr (in Persian: منوچهر‎‎), older Persian ManÅÄihr, Avestan ManuÅ¡Äiθra, is a character in the Shahnameh. He is the first of the legendary ShÄhs who ruled Iran after the breakup of the world empire of ManÅ«chehr's great-grandfather, FereydÅ«n.
ManÅ«chehr was the grandson of ĪrÄj, who was the son of FereydÅ«n, and he avenged the death of ĪrÄj at the hands of FereydÅ«n's other two sons, Salm and TÅ«r. From the death of TÅ«r in ManÅ«chehr's war of vengeance sprang a war between the peoples of ĪrÄn and TÅ«rÄn 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources and references
- Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis trans. (2006), Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings ISBN 0-670-03485-1, modern English translation (abridged), current standard
- Warner, Arthur and Edmond Warner, (translators) The Shahnama of Firdausi, 9 vols. (London: Keegan Paul, 1905–1925) (complete English verse translation)
- Shirzad Aghaee, Nam-e kasan va ja'i-ha dar Shahnama-ye Ferdousi (Personalities and Places in the Shahnama of Ferdousi, Nyköping, Sweden, 1993. (ISBN 91-630-1959-0)
- Jalal KhÄleghi Motlagh, Editor, The Shahnameh, to be published in 8 volumes (c. 500 pages each), consisting of six volumes of text and two volumes of explanatory notes. See: Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University.
External links
- A king's book of kings: the Shah-nameh of Shah Tahmasp, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Manuchehr
| Preceded by Fereydūn |
Legendary Kings of the ShÄhnÄma 2300-2420 (after Keyumars) |
Succeeded by Nowzar |
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