About Iran-Zamin and Turan-Zamin

Discuss the range Iran The earth and earth have always been considered in Iranian myths, including in the Shahnameh, and these days we see that this topic is being misused.. For example, there is a challenge about some lands, whether they were part of Iran-Zamin or Turan-Zamin?! But the point is that Turan land has been a transitional country and according to the Shahnameh, the people who were under the rule of Turan rulers have expressed dissatisfaction..

The basic and important thing that is perhaps less noticed is that all the Iranian lands were in the possession of the kings of Iran like Jamshid in the beginning.. The name of Iran is mentioned in the Shahnameh long before Turan was created; As it is said about the destruction of Jamshid's era:

After that, Khrush came from Iran

It emerged from all sides of war

It is also said when the elders choose Zahak as the king after Jamshid:

Iran's riders are all Shahjoy

They put a head on the joke

Well done they sang

They read the land of the Shah of Iran

This is at a time when, according to the Shahnameh, Turan Zemin had not yet been created. Turan has been a temporary country that was born with the rebellion of Tur, the son of Fereydon, and was finally defeated by Ki Khosro.. You must know that according to the stories, Fereydoun divided his country among his children, he gave a part of it to Salem, a part of it to Tur and the most important and precious part to Iraj.. This issue made Salam and Tor jealous of Iraj, to the point where Tor killed his brother Iraj and rebelled against his father.. This started long wars.

Later, Fereydon also stood up against the sons of Khatakar and was defeated by Manouchehr, one of the descendants of Iraj, Tur and Salem.. But one of Tor's descendants named Afrasiab continued the wars. During these wars, the borders of Iran and Turan were shifted in the region that we know today as Central Asia, sometimes the Jihun River was considered as the border and sometimes somewhere else.. But in the end, Ki Khosrow, the king of Iran, defeats the Turanians and again all the Iranian lands are under the control of the king of Iran..

In the Shahnameh, an interesting review is expressed and shows the dissatisfaction of the people of those areas with Afrasiab.. At the time of Noshin-Ravan, when this king is victorious over the Heptalites, the elders from beyond the river gather and speak like this.:

And Zan then became the elders of the association

From Amoy to the city of Chach and Khotan

Let them say that the cities of farakh

Full of gardens, squares, porches, and palaces

From Chach and Barak to Samarkand and Sogd

It was enough to be devastated and peaceful

These elders count other cities and have an interesting and brief passage on the past of those regions, which may introduce us to the approach of the people of those lands.. This is the important part of their conversation:

From the rampage and from the suffering of Afrasiab

Don't kill anyone, a quiet place to sleep

When Khosrow came, we took care of him

A peaceful world of dialogue

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As it is clear in these verses, the elders of those areas were inclined towards Iran and they mention the oppression of Jur Afrasiab on those areas..

Taken from Ahura Campus

Thanks to Mr. Khalekian