The Nāṣirī Generations 3: FIRST DYNASTY : THE BASTANIAH.

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I. GAIU-MART, or Gil-Shah, surnamed Pesh-Dad, or I-ran Shah. Reigned 30 years. II. Hoshang, who was born 223 years after Gaiu-mart’s death, reigned, according to different accounts, 1400, or 400, or 40 years. III. THA-MURAS-I-DIW-BAND, great grandson of the preceding. Reigned 30 years : some say 1030. IV. JAMSHED, grandson of Hoshang, but Tabari says brother of Thamuras. Reigned 700 years. V. BIWAR-ASP, the infidel, who dethroned Jamshed, and was swallowed up in the Flood. For 1000 years after the death of Nuh there was no king on earth, but, after that, one arose of the seed of Ham, son of Nuh, named Zuhak. VI. ZUHAK, THE TAZI [i. e. ’Arab]. He was a great sorcerer, and reigned 1000 years. VII. AFRIDUN, entitled Mihr-gan. Ibrahim, the Patriarch, Tabari says, lived in his reign, which was 500 years, but Ibrahim lived in Zuhak’s reign, when Nimrud reigned over Babil. VIII. I-RAJ, son of Afridun, reigned 40 years. IX. NIMRUD, the Tyrant. He was great grandson of Nuh, and the first to assume sovereignty after the Flood, He perished after reigning 400 years. A son of his, Kubt, an idol-worshipper, succeeded, and reigned 100 years. After him, a son of his reigned 80 years, when the sovereignty again passed to the former kings of ’Ajam. X. MANU-CHIHR, son of I-raj. Reigned 120 years, in the 60th year of which the Patriarch Musa appeared. XI. AFRASIYAB, the Turk, who invaded I-ran and overthrew the dynasty. XII. ZAU, son of Thamasib, son of Manu-chihr, who reigned 30 years.