Īraj

Iraj () is according to the Iranian national history, the youngest son of Fereydun and the mythical ancestor of the Iranians. He already appears in the Avesta as Airiia, and in later Zoroastrian tradition as Ērič. The ultimate rendering of his story is told in the Shahnameh.

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Character.name: Iraj
Character.image: Name-ye Khosrovan bsb11180462 00386.jpg
Character.caption: Qajar-era illustration of Iraj, Salm and Tur
Character.affiliation: Pishdadian dynasty
Character.nationality: Iranian

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Name
In the Avesta
In later tradition
In the Shahnameh
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Family Tree
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==Name== Iraj first appears in the Avesta under the name Airiia . He may be mentioned in the Persepolis Elamite tablets as Harriyazza, which would be the Elamite rendering of a hypothetical Old Persian *Airya-ča. In the Middle Persian literature, he appears as Ērič and in Modern Persian as Iraj (. The name is universially agreed to the mean Iranian pointing to his role as the legendary progenitor of the Iranians.