Manūchehr [
mænuː'tʃer] (
Persian: منوچهر, older Persian Manōčihr,
Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Manuščiθra), is the eighth
Shah of the
Pishdadian dynasty of
Persia according to Shahnameh. He is the first of the legendary Iranian
Shahs who ruled
Iran after the breakup of the world empire of Manūchehr's great-grandfather,
Fereydūn.
Manūchehr was the grandson of
Iraj, who was the son of Fereydūn, and he avenged the death of Īrāj at the hands of Fereydūn's other two sons,
Salm and
Tur. From the death of Tūr in Manūchehr's war of vengeance sprang a war between the
Iranians and
Turanians that would last for centuries, until the reign of
Kai Khosrow.
Manūchehr died after a reign of 120 years, and was succeeded by his son
Nowzar.
Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis trans. (2006), Shahnameh: The Persian Book of KingsISBN0-670-03485-1, modern English translation (abridged), current standard
Warner, Arthur and Edmond Warner, (translators) The Shahnama of Firdausi, 9 vols. (London: Keegan Paul, 1905–1925) (complete English verse translation)
Shirzad Aghaee, Nam-e kasan va ja'i-ha dar Shahnama-ye Ferdousi (Personalities and Places in the Shahnama of
Ferdousi, Nyköping, Sweden, 1993. (
ISBN91-630-1959-0)
Jalal Khāleghi Motlagh, Editor, The Shahnameh, to be published in 8 volumes (c. 500 pages each), consisting of six volumes of text and two volumes of explanatory notes. See:
Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University.