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Manuchehr (in ), older Persian Manocihr, Avestan
Avestan language

Avestan is a Eastern Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrianism Avesta. Iranian languages are part of the hypothetical Indo-Iranian languages Language group....
 Manušci?ra, is a character in Shahnameh
Shahnameh

File:Ferdowsi tehran.jpg Shahnam?, or Shahnama , "The Great Book" , is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian literature Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic of Iran....
. He is the first of the legendary Shahs
Shah

Shah is a Persian language term for a monarch that has been adopted in many other languages.Shah used as a last name by Jains and Hindus is unrelated....
 who ruled Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 after the breakup of the world empire of Manuchehr's great-grandfather, Fereydun
Fereydun

Fereydun , also pronounced Faridun, in medieval Persian Firedun, Middle Persian Fredon, and Avestan language Traetaona is the name of an Iranian mythical king and hero who is an emblem of victory, justice and generosity in the Persian literature....
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Manuchehr was the grandson of Iraj
Iraj

Iraj is a Sinhalese people and Persian given name.Iraj may refer to:*Iraj, a character in ShahnamehPeople with the given name Iraj:...
, who was the son of Fereydun, and avenged the death of Iraj at the hands of Fereydun's other two sons, Salm and Tur. From the death of Tur in Manuchehr's war of vengeance sprang a war between the peoples of Iran and Turan that would last for centuries, until the reign of Kai Khosrow
Kai Khosrow

Kai Khosrow is a legendary king of the Kayanian dynasty and a character in the Persian language epic book, Shahnameh. He was the son of the Iranian prince Siy?vash who married princess Farangis of Turan while in exile....
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Manuchehr (in ), older Persian Manocihr, Avestan
Avestan language

Avestan is a Eastern Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrianism Avesta. Iranian languages are part of the hypothetical Indo-Iranian languages Language group....
 Manušci?ra, is a character in Shahnameh
Shahnameh

File:Ferdowsi tehran.jpg Shahnam?, or Shahnama , "The Great Book" , is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian literature Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic of Iran....
. He is the first of the legendary Shahs
Shah

Shah is a Persian language term for a monarch that has been adopted in many other languages.Shah used as a last name by Jains and Hindus is unrelated....
 who ruled Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 after the breakup of the world empire of Manuchehr's great-grandfather, Fereydun
Fereydun

Fereydun , also pronounced Faridun, in medieval Persian Firedun, Middle Persian Fredon, and Avestan language Traetaona is the name of an Iranian mythical king and hero who is an emblem of victory, justice and generosity in the Persian literature....
.

Manuchehr was the grandson of Iraj
Iraj

Iraj is a Sinhalese people and Persian given name.Iraj may refer to:*Iraj, a character in ShahnamehPeople with the given name Iraj:...
, who was the son of Fereydun, and avenged the death of Iraj at the hands of Fereydun's other two sons, Salm and Tur. From the death of Tur in Manuchehr's war of vengeance sprang a war between the peoples of Iran and Turan that would last for centuries, until the reign of Kai Khosrow
Kai Khosrow

Kai Khosrow is a legendary king of the Kayanian dynasty and a character in the Persian language epic book, Shahnameh. He was the son of the Iranian prince Siy?vash who married princess Farangis of Turan while in exile....
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Manuchehr died after a reign of 120 years, and was succeeded by his son Nowzar
Nowzar

Nowzar is a character in Shahnameh. He is the son of Manuchehr and becomes the Shah of Iran after his father's death. His reign of seven years comes to an end when he is killed by Afrasiab during a battle....
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