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sixteen years and six months, and after that he was a hundred years in concealment. 5. Then the millennium 1 reign came to Scorpio, and Dahák ? ruled a thousand years. 6. After the millennium reign came to Sagittarius, Frédân 3 reigned five hundred years; in the same five hundred years of Frédun were the twelve years of Afrik; Mànûskihar was a hundred and twenty years, and in the same reign of Måndskihar, when he was in the mountain fastness (d ashkh vâr-gar), were the twelve years of Frasiyâv; Zôb the Tahmåspian was five years.
7. Kaf-Kabåd' was fifteen years; Kal-Kâds, till he went to the sky, seventy-five years, and seventyfive years after that, altogether a hundred and fifty years; Kaf-Khusrôv sixty years; Kai-Lôråsp 8 a hundred and twenty years ; Kai-Vistasp, till the coming of the religion, thirty years o, altogether a hundred and twenty years.
8. Vohûman 10 son of Spend-dåd a hundred and
The seventh millennium, ruled by Libra, is computed by Windischmann as follows: 30 + 404 +50 +93 +40 + 30 + 6161 + 10o= 1000. The eighth millennium, ruled by Scorpio, is the thousand years of Dahâk. * See Chap. XXXI, 6.
See Chap. XXXI, 7-11. * See Chap. XXXI, 12-14.
See Chap. XXXI, 21. • Written Agzôbô in Chap. XXXI, 23, 24. * Usually written Kaî-Kavad in Pahlavi (see Chap. XXXI, 24, 25). & Also written Kaî-Lôharâsp (see Chap. XXXI, 28, 29).
• This is the end of the ninth millennium, ruled by Sagittarius, which is computed by Windischmann as follows: 500 + 120 +5+ 15+ 150 + 60+ 120+30=1000.
10 See Chap. XXXI, 29, 30, where he is said to have been also called Artakhshatar, which seems to identify him with Artaxerxes Longimanus and his successors down to Artaxerxes Mnemon; so that Hamât may perhaps be identified with Parysatis, and Dârâi Kîhar-âzâdân with Artaxerxes Ochus, as Dârâî Dârâyân must be
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