The rose garden of Persia . ~ij. w%^- -V;^. -m7/>m THE SHAH NAMAH, ties sat upon the Persian throne. The first,called the Pishdadiau, lasted 2iil years;the second, the Kaianian, commenced withKai-kobad, and lasted 7d2 years. Alexan-der the Great (or Sikandor) is included inthis race, and is, by the poet, representedas the son of Darab, king of Persia, by thedaughter of Pailakus (Philip of Macedon). After the death of Sikander, Persia wasdiyided. during 200 years, into a numberof petty monarchies, called the Confede-racy of the kings. The Sassanfan race ofprinces succeeded these, and ruled o
The rose garden of Persia . ~ij. w%^- -V;^. -m7/>m THE SHAH NAMAH, ties sat upon the Persian throne. The first,called the Pishdadiau, lasted 2iil years;the second, the Kaianian, commenced withKai-kobad, and lasted 7d2 years. Alexan-der the Great (or Sikandor) is included inthis race, and is, by the poet, representedas the son of Darab, king of Persia, by thedaughter of Pailakus (Philip of Macedon). After the death of Sikander, Persia wasdiyided. during 200 years, into a numberof petty monarchies, called the Confede-racy of the kings. The Sassanfan race ofprinces succeeded these, and ruled overPersia for 501 years. As a history, the great poem of Ierdusi isnow of little value; but it contains some ofthe ancient Persian traditions, and>the powerand eloquence of its verse are iinrivalled. Persian biographers all agree*in assert>-ing that ^lahmi aid placed in the hands ofFerdusi the ancient chronicles of*the kingsof Persia, fiom which it is supposed thathe derived his historical narratives. Thatsuch fragments ex
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