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among them. 39. To Damnak the governorship of Asūristân was given; sovereignty and arranging the law of sovereignty, wilfulness and the stubborn defects they would bring, were among them. 40. To Sparnak? the governorship of Spâhân was given; to Khusrôv the governorship of Râi 8 was given; to Mârgandak the kingdom, forest settlements, and mountain settlements of Padashkhvârgar were given; where they travel nomadically, and there are the forming of sheep-folds, prolificness, easy procreation, and continual triumph over enemies. 41. From Dastan proceeded Radastâm • and Hazavârak ]
CHAPTER XXXII. 1. On the kindred of Pôrdshasp?, son of Pattirâsps, son of Aurvadaspo, son of Hâêkadasp 10, son of
He would seem not to have been a son of Sâm, as he is not mentioned before. The reading of all these names is uncertain.
· The Pahlavi form of Ispahân.
: Av. Ragha of Yas. XIX, 51, Vend. I, 60, whose ruins are near the modern Teheran.
• The usual Pahlavi form of Rustam.
o Or Auzvârak; Rustam's brother is called Zavarah in the Shâhnâmah.
• This chapter, which is numbered XXXIII by previous translators, is found in all MSS., but in TD it forms a continuation of the preceding chapter, beginning with the name Pôrdshasp.
? Av. Pourushaspa of Yas. IX, 42, 43, Vend. XIX, 15, 22, 143, âbân Yt. 18, &c.
& K20 has Paz. Spitarsp, and M6 has Pâz. Pirtrasp (see note on Chap. XXXIII, 1). The reading in the text is doubtful. • Omitted in K20 and TD. 10 Av. Haêkadaspa of Yas. XLV, 15, LII, 3.
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