Iradsch
Iradsch ( Persian ایرج, DMG Īrağ ) is a figure from Iranian mythology , who is described in the sixth book of the Shāhnāme , the Persian book of kings by the poet Firdausi (940 / 41-1020).
Iradsch in Shāhnāme - Legend VI
With the help of Kaveh the blacksmith, who used his blacksmith's apron as the flag of the uprising, Fereydūn defeated the fifth original king, Zahak, and succeeded him as "King of the World".
Three sons are born to Fereydūn, Selm (or Salm) and Tur from Schahnaz and Iradsch, the youngest, from Arnewas, both daughters of Jamschid . Fereydūn divides the world under his sons into three kingdoms while still alive.
Iradsch is appointed heir to the throne of Iran by his father. Salm, the eldest of the three brothers, receives the west of the empire with Asia Minor. Tur gets all the land beyond the Oxus (today Amu Darya), which from then on is called Turan . The fact that Iradsch, the youngest, received the Iranian heartland, does not let the two brothers rest. You lay claim to this legacy.
Iradsch is ready to renounce his inheritance for the sake of peace. But this generosity is of little use to him. He is killed by his brothers. Tur stabs Iradsch and beheads him. The two brothers send the skull to their father
“Telling him: 'Here you have the tender head,
which stole the crown of the ancestors.
Now give him the crown or give him the throne!
The shady tree has already fallen. '. "
With this fratricide begins a campaign of revenge by Manutscher , the son of Iradsch, at the end of which Selm and Tur are dead. Fereydūn designates his grandson Manutscher, the son of Iradsch, as his successor and new ruler of Iran. Fereydūn, who is a symbol of good, justice and generosity, dies bitter over the untimely death of his sons.
literature
- Friedrich Rückert : Firdosi's Book of Kings (Schahname) Sage I-XIII. 1890. Reprint: epubli GmbH, Berlin, 2010, pp. 70–135.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Rückert: Firdosi's King Book (Schahname) Sage I-XIII. 1890, p. 100.