Jamshid

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Jamshid ; Classical Persian: جمشید Jamshēd [d͡ʒamˈʃeːd]; Middle and New Persian: جم Jam [d͡ʒæm]), also known as Yima (Avestan: 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀 [jiˈma]), is the fourth Shah of the mythological Pishdadian dynasty of Iran according to Shahnameh. In Iranian histiography and folklore, Jamshid is described as the fourth and greatest king of the epigraphically unattested Pishdadian Dynasty (before the Kayanian dynasty). This role is already alluded to in Zoroastrian scripture (e.g. Yasht 19, Vendidad 2), where the figure appears as Yima xšaēta (Avestan: 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀⸱ 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀) "radiant Yima", from which the name 'Jamshid' is derived. Both Jam and Jamshid remain common Iranian and Zoroastrian male names that are also popular in Iran's surrounding countries such as Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

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