Studies in Ancient Persian History
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" These dogmas are thoroughly unsound and unscientific.
Of course exaggeration is inseparable from a narrative transmitted orally for ages, which gathers accretions as it rolls along ; but there is always a nucleus of truth inside it. Sir ]. Malcolm, with his instinctive historical sense, has tried to feel after the truth, not without success. Two sets of facts disen- tangled by him are of special interest. The 76 THE HEROIC AGE OF PERSIA 77 national standard of Persia, the kawyani- darafsh, go...es back in legend to the national revolt under Faridun against a usurping tyranny, and its capture by the Arabs in the battle of Quadasya in A. D. 636 is an incontrovertible fact. It had been preserved as a palladium of national power through all the dynastic changes, and encrusted with jewels by each generation of kings. It is natural that its history should have been handed down through successive ages. Hence Faridun and Kaweh were not *' airy nothings, " but were in the flesh once. These two names, like grains of crystal, solidify and give consistency to the whole story which sur- rounds them as mother liquor and makes a goodly bulk.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" These dogmas are thoroughly unsound and unscientific.
Of course exaggeration is inseparable from a narrative transmitted orally for ages, which gathers accretions as it rolls along ; but there is always a nucleus of truth inside it. Sir ]. Malcolm, with his instinctive historical sense, has tried to feel after the truth, not without success. Two sets of facts disen- tangled by him are of special interest. The 76 THE HEROIC AGE OF PERSIA 77 national standard of Persia, the kawyani- darafsh, go...es back in legend to the national revolt under Faridun against a usurping tyranny, and its capture by the Arabs in the battle of Quadasya in A. D. 636 is an incontrovertible fact. It had been preserved as a palladium of national power through all the dynastic changes, and encrusted with jewels by each generation of kings. It is natural that its history should have been handed down through successive ages. Hence Faridun and Kaweh were not *' airy nothings, " but were in the flesh once. These two names, like grains of crystal, solidify and give consistency to the whole story which sur- rounds them as mother liquor and makes a goodly bulk.
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