Manuchehr

For people with the name, seeManuchehr (name).For the village in Iran, seeManuchehr, Iran.

OldPersianpainting, depicting Manuchehr sitting on the royal throne

Manūchehr[mænuː'tʃer] (Persian:منوچهر,older Persian Manōčihr,Avestan𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀Manuščiθra), is the eighthShahof thePishdadian dynastyofPersiaaccording toShahnameh.He is the first of the legendary IranianShahswho ruledIranafter the breakup of the world empire of Manūchehr's great-grandfather,Fereydūn.

Manūchehr was the grandson ofIraj,who was the son of Fereydūn, and he avenged the death of Īrāj at the hands of Fereydūn's other two sons,SalmandTur.From the death of Tūr in Manūchehr's war of vengeance sprang a war between theIraniansandTuraniansthat would last for centuries, until the reign ofKai Khosrow.

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

Family Tree

Arnavaz

Fereydun

Shahrnaz

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 KingsISBN0-670-03485-1,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 ofFerdousi,Nyköping, Sweden, 1993. (ISBN91-630-1959-0)
• Jalal Khāleghi 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