Iraj (
Persian: ایرج,
romanized: ʾīraj;
Pahlavi: ērič; from
Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀airiia, literally "Aryan") is the seventh
Shah of the
Pishdadian dynasty, depicted in the Shahnameh. Based on
Iranian mythology, he is the youngest son of
Fereydun. In the
Avestan legends,
Pahlavi literature,
Sasanian-based Persian sources, some Persian sources, and particularly in Shahnameh, he is considered the name-giver of the
Iranian nation, the ancestor of their royal houses, and a paragon of those slain in defense of just causes.[1]
Iraj (
Persian: ایرج,
romanized: ʾīraj;
Pahlavi: ērič; from
Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀airiia, literally "Aryan") is the seventh
Shah of the
Pishdadian dynasty, depicted in the Shahnameh. Based on
Iranian mythology, he is the youngest son of
Fereydun. In the
Avestan legends,
Pahlavi literature,
Sasanian-based Persian sources, some Persian sources, and particularly in Shahnameh, he is considered the name-giver of the
Iranian nation, the ancestor of their royal houses, and a paragon of those slain in defense of just causes.[1]