Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan

The Kār-Nāmag ī Ardašīr ī Pāpagān (Book of the Deeds of Ardashir, Son of Papag) is a short Middle Persian prose tale written in the Sasanian period (226–651). It tells the story of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sasanian dynasty, including his rise to the throne, battle against the Parthian king Artabanus IV, and conquest of the Parthian Empire. It also contains sections about his successor Shapur and the latter’s son, Hormizd.

According to the Kar-Namag, after Ardashir was born to Sasan and the daughter of Pabag, he spent his childhood in the court of Artabanus IV of Parthia and then ran away with a maidservant of the king. After several wars with Artabanus, Ardashir I defeated and killed the king, after which he founded the new empire. The Kar-Namag is permeated with Zoroastrian doctrine.

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