Zahhak

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Zahāk is a personification of evil in Iranian mythology and historiography. In the Avesta and Zoroastrian tradition, Zahāk (going under the name Aži Dahāka) is considered the son of Ahriman, the foe (though ultimately subservient) of Ahura Mazda. In the Shāhnāmeh of Ferdowsi, Zahāk is the son of an Arab ruler named Merdās. No trace or text of this king has been found in the Babylonian King List, and some trace his origins back to the Median king Astyages. Some also suggest that he may have had connections to the Babylonian god Ningishzida or the Babylonian dragon Asag, Despite this, some Muslim scholars have conflated him with the biblical figure Nimrod.

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