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EPISTLE II.
TO HIS BROTHER, ZÂD-SPARAM.
Copy of an epistle of the priest Mánaskihar, son of Yadan-Yim, which was prepared by him for the priest, his brother, Zad-sparam'.
CHAPTER 1. 1. In the name of the sacred beings who shall keep exalted the pre-eminent success of your priestly lordship, accomplishing your wishes in both worlds, I am longing for the children-formerly promoting health of body—and for activity, and fully desirous, and in every mode a thanksgiver unto the sacred beings, for the well-abiding eyesight, peace, and understanding of your priestly lordship.
2. The epistle that came from you in the month Åvân?, which Nivshahpáharwas ordered to write,
1 See the heading to Ep. I.
The eighth month of the Parsi year, which must have been A.Y. 249 (see Ep. I, xi, 12, note). This month corresponded to the interval between the 11th November and the roth December, 880; but it is evident from Chaps. VII, 2, VIII, 1 that this reply was written about the same time as Ep. III, that is, in the interval between the 14th June and 13th July, 881.
• This appears to have been the original form of the name Nikhshahpahar or Nishahpühar, applied both to a man (see Ep. I, iv, 15, 17) and to a city in Khurasan, and in this place it is not quite
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