Mirtás

Also known as: Mirtás-Tázi / Mirtás-Tází · Family: Arabs · Role: king · First appears: Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1

Life events

Mirtás distributed milk from his animals among the poor.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
- “The old historians relate that Mirtás was the name of a king of the Arabs; and that he had a thousand animals which gave milk, and the milk of these animals he always distributed in charity among the poor.”
Iblís trapped Mirtás in a pit, and Mirtás died from his injuries.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
- With: Zohák Iblís
- “At night, as the king was going, as usual, to the house of prayer, he fell into the pit, and his legs and arms being broken by the fall, he shortly expired.”
Zohák usurped his father's throne.(Mirtás-Tází, and his Son Zohák · Part 1)
- With: Zohák
- “Thus urged to crime, through cruel treachery, Zohák usurped his pious father's throne.”

child: Zohák “Mirtás had a son called Zohák, who possessed ten thousand Arab horses, or Tazís, upon which account he was surnamed Bíwurasp; biwur meaning ten thousand, and asp a horse.”
enemies with Zohák (Zohák caused his father's death.) “At night, as the king was going, as usual, to the house of prayer, he fell into the pit, and his legs and arms being broken by the fall, he shortly expired.”
enemies with Iblís “But as soon as the oath was taken, Iblís said to him: ‘Thy father has become old and worthless, and thou art young, and wise, and valiant. Let him no longer stand in thy way, but kill him; the robes of sovereignty are ready, and better adapted for thee.’”

Extracted from the original text of The Sháh Námeh. Made with Rho MD.