Karnamag-i Artaxshir-i Papakan

The Kārnāmag-ī Ardaxšīr-ī Pābagān ( Modern Persian کارنامه اردشیر بابکان Kārnāme-e Ardešīr-e bābakān) or Book of the Deeds of Ardashir, Son of Papag, is a mythological Middle Persian tale written sometime during the Sassanid period (226-651).

The book narrates the epic adventures of Ardashir I, the founder of the second Persian Empire. The story relates how Ardashir's father Papag, dreamed that his father Sassan would be reborn as Ardashir.

When Ardashir was born he spent his childhood in the court of Artabanus IV of Parthia and then ran away with a servant of the King. After several wars with Artabanus, Ardashir defeated and killed the King, and thus could found the new empire.

Historians would later name the dynasty after Sassan, Ardashir's grandfather.

See also

*Pahlavi literature
*Sassanid art

External links

* [http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/iran/miran/mpers/kap/kap.htm The Middle Persian text (romanized)]
* [http://www.avesta.org/pahlavi/karname.htm English translation of the Book of the Deeds of Ardashir, Son of Babag]