- The
Kayanians (Persian: دودمان کیانیان; also Kays, Kayanids, Kaianids, Kiyani, Kayani, or Kiani) are a
legendary dynasty of Persian/Iranian tradition...
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texts of the
Sasanian period, they are gods of the
Izder race.
Kayanian dynasty: The
Kayanians are the
second mythological dynasty of Iran,
which in Ferdowsi's...
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anyone who was most
convenient for him.
Relating Ardashir to the
legendary Kayanians with the
nickname Kay,
besides connecting himself to Sasan, a guardian...
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Alexander III of
Macedon (Ancient Gr****: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most
commonly known as
Alexander the...
- Mazda-worshipping majesty, the king"),
which displays his
fondness of the
Kayanians, who also used the
title of kay.
Under Peroz I (r. 459–484), the traditional...
- (meaning "king") was a
ruling title used in
Iranian mythology by the
Kayanians of the Avesta,
later to be
adopted by the Kushano-Sasanians, followed...
- of the Pishdadians,
replaced them with
another mythical dynasty, the
Kayanians.
Tabari repeated many of the same
stories in his History, with some variations...
-
deliberately turned to the
Kayanians. They
knowingly ignored the
Achaemenids in
order to
attribute their past to the
Kayanians; and that was
where they...
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Alexander the Great. This age is also
identified as the
kingdom of the
Kayanians,
which established a long
history of
heroic age in
which myth and legend...
- One of the
early centres of Zoroastrianism, and
capital of the
legendary Kayanian dynasty,
Bactria is
mentioned in the
Behistun Inscription of
Darius the...
