The Nāṣirī Generations 4: SECOND DYNASTY : THE KAI-ANIAH.

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I. Kai-Kubad, sixteenth in descent from Manu-chihr. Reigned 100 or 120 years. II. Kai-Ka-us, his son, reigned 150 years. Mihtar Suliman lived at this period. III. Kai-Khusrau, grandson of Kai-Ka-us. Died aged 150, but the years of his reign are not given. One of his champions was Rustam. IV. Kai-Luhrasib, the Tyrant. Reigned 120 years and abdicated. The Prophet Asha’ya [Isaiah] lived at this time, and Bukht-un-Nassar was leader of the forces of Sanjarib, Malik of Babil. V. Gushtasib, son of Luhrasib. Zartusht arose in this reign, Rustam died, Bukht-un-Nassar became Malik of Babil, and Jerusalem was sacked. Reigned 120 years. VI. Bahman, son of Isfandiyar, son of Gushtasib, surnamed Arda-Sher-I-Diraz-Dast [Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks], The Bani-Isra’il carried into captivity. Bahman marries an Isra’ili woman, who bore him a son. The Bani-Isra’il set free. Reign 22 years. VII. Huma-I [also Humae], daughter of Bahman. Married by her father and bore him Dara. She abdicated after reigning 30 years. VIII. Dara [or Darab]-I-Akbar [Great or Elder]. He made captive the king of Rum, and imposed tribute of 100,000 eggs of gold, each as large as an ostrich egg. Failakus, Iskandar’s father, was king of Yunan. Dara reigned 12 years.
IX. Dara-i-Asghar [Less or Younger]. Iskandar, son of Failakus, brought all Rum under subjection. Invaded and subdued I-ran. Length of reign not given. X. Iskandar, son of Failakus, who is said to have been the son of Dara’s sister married to Failakus. Iskandar died in I-ran after 12 years’ reign.