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CHAPTER XXXII, 8-XXXIII, 3.
[CHAPTER XXXIII 1.
o. The family of the Môbads ('priests'). 1. Babak was son of Hubakht, son of Atarôbôndak, son of Mâhdad, son of Mêdyôk-mâh, son of Frâh-vakhsh-vindâd3, son of Mêdyôk-mâh, son of Kâd, son of Mêdyôk-mâh, son of Årâstih, son of Paltirâsp". 2. As Bahak was Môbad of Môbads (high-priest) unto Shahpûhar, son of Aûharmazd, so Kâd was the great preceptor (farmâdâr) unto Dârâi
3. Âtarô-pâd3 was son of Mâraspend, son of Dâdarda, son of Dâdîrâd, son of Hûdînô, son of Âtarôdâd, son of Mânûskihar, son of Vohûman-kihar, son of Fryânô, son of Bâhak 10, son of Frêdûn, son of Fra
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1 This chapter is found only in TD, where it forms a continuation of the preceding, and affords a means (see §§ 10, 11) for determining the age of the recension of the text contained in that MS. As nearly all the names are written in Pahlavi letters, the pronunciation of many of them is merely a matter of guess.
2 Here written Bôhak, but it is Bahak or Bâk in § 2; compare Bâhak in § 3, and Av. Baungha of Fravardîn Yt. 124.
* Compare Av. Frashâvakhsha of Fravardîn Yt. 109.
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Compare Av. Kâta of Fravardîn Yt. 124.
"See Chap. XXXII, 2, for the last three generations; TD has Pîrtarâsp here, like the variant of M6 in Chap. XXXII, 1.
The Sasanian king Shâpûr II, who reigned A.D. 309-379.
7 According to the chronology of the Bundahis (Chap. XXXIV, 8, 9), Dârâî lived only some four centuries before Shâpûr II, for which period only seven generations of priests are here provided. This period, moreover, is certainly about three centuries less than the truth.
This priest was prime minister of Shâpûr II.
• Compare Av. Fryâna of Yas. XLV, 12.
10 This name is repeated in TD, probably by mistake (compare Bahak in §§ 1, 2).
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