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Iran: Story of Arash the Archer
Many many years ago, the powerful kingdom of Turan and their vicious king Afrasiab, decided to overthrow the Iran’s empire and usurp its lands. So the two kingdoms began a war that went on for 60 years. Many people perished. Sorrow, death and famine came to the kingdoms
“There was a time;
A dark and bitter time.
Our fates dim as the faces of our ill-wishers.
Foes ruling our lives
The battered land was raving;
So many sad stories it had on its tongue.
Life was as dark and cold as rocks;
A day of disgrace,
A time of shame.
At last, Iran’s army was defeated in one last battle and forced to do what Turan suggested. Turan’s king and council mockingly, gave Iranians an order. Someone was to shoot an arrow, and wherever that arrow landed would be the new border between Iran and Turan. Iran felt already defeated because no matter how strong the archer was, it was impossible to shoot an arrow far enough for them to reclaim their country.
Foes held councils,
Advisors they gathered;
To beat us by our own hand
A plan t
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Long times ago, longer than you can imagine, in the legendary land of Iran reigned a mighty king, called Manoochehr Pishdadi. On one of the hard days which Iran still recalls, a tough battle occurred between two powerful kingdoms of Iran and Turan, a battle whose taste is still fresh. Luck didn’t seem to be on Iran’s side and as it went further it seemed as if any slightest hope died with each passing second and minute until Iran’s army was sieged by Turan Army in the Mazandaran region. Turan was led by Afrasyab- Ferdowsi’s famous mythological character in Shahnameh.
Iran’s king stepped on his pride and offered a comparison, which was an irenic peace offering and was then accepted by the opposing side. This acceptance didn’t obviously come from the heart, as it was a gesture of humiliation and belittling. However, one condition stood between the peace and Iran’s Army and it obviously looked like an impossible task to handle. This condition which was evidently proposed in the continuance of Turan’s belittling and emascu
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Arash Kamangir (آرش کمانگیر) is a heroic archer of Iranian folklore. He was the Persian national hero who sacrificed his life to preserve the territorial integrity of Iran. The name Arash remains popular among speakers of Iranian languages. Tiregan, the summer solstice celebrates the life of Arash Kamangir.
Persian legend has it that at the end of a long-lasting war between Iran and Turan, the General Afrasiab had surrounded the forces of the righteous Manuchehr and thus the rulers of both countries decided to make peace and to fix the boundary between their kingdoms. It was determined that somebody should ascend Mount Damavand and from there shoot an arrow towards the east and wherever the arrow lands, that would be the new border between the two countries. Arash, known as the swift arrow, and in modern Persian as Arash Kamangir, was the best archer in the Persian army who volunteered to shoot the arrow. On the bright morning of Tirgan, the first month of summer, Arash stripped naked, faced north, strained his bow as never before, let the arrow fly and rid with
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