- The
Kayanians (Persian: دودمان کیانیان, romanized: Dudmân-e Kayâniyân; also Kays, Kayanids, Kaianids, Kiyani, Kayani, or Kiani) are a
legendary dynasty...
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turned to the
legendary 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 III of
Macedon (Ancient Gr****: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most
commonly known as
Alexander the...
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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...
- (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...
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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...
- 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...
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greatest king of the
epigraphically unattested Pishdadian Dynasty (before the
Kayanian dynasty). This role is
already alluded to in
Zoroastrian scripture (e.g...
- of the Pishdadians,
replaced them with
another mythical dynasty, the
Kayanians.
Tabari repeated many of the same
stories in his History, with some variations...
- king"),
which displays his
fondness of the
legendary Avestan dynasty, the
Kayanians, who also used the
title of kay. This is due to a
shift in the political...
