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among them. 39. To Damnak the governorship of Asûristan 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 Khusrov the governorship of Râi3 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 Dastân proceeded Rûdastâm and Húzavârak ".]
CHAPTER XXXII.
1. On the kindred of Pôrûshasp", son of Pattirâsp3, son of Aurvadasp, son of Hâêkadâsp
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1 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 Teherân.
The usual Pahlavi form of Rustam.
⚫ Or Aûzvârak; Rustam's brother is called Zavârah 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 Pôrushasp.
7 Av. Pourushaspa of Yas. IX, 42, 43, Vend. XIX, 15, 22, 143, Âbân Yt. 18, &c.
K20 has Pâz. 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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