Afrasiab

Afrasiab, the mythical Turk hero, is said to be king of all Turan . He is mentioned in Persia 's classic epic, Ferdowsi 's '' Shahnameh '' ('Book of Kings'), where the legendary hero-king battles a legendary Iran ian Shah , Kai Khosro . Al Biruni tells us that the Khwarezmia n calendar starts with the arrival of Sijavus around 1300 BC, and it is thought that the two may be the same person. One view is that Khwar-Ezem is derived from Afr-Asiab.

Afrasiab, being a Turkic Hero-King, is known to Turks as Alp Er Tunga , and forms the basis of the modern Turkish name Alper .

According to Ferdowsi, Afrasiab is the ancestor of the Hephthalite s (''q.v.''), and the name apparently has also appeared as an Uyghur dynasty as well as being claimed as ancestor by the Kara-Khanids.

Traditionally founded in the 8th-7th century BC, the city of Afrasiab has archeologically confirmed sites from c. 500 BC to the 13th Century AD. The archeology of the site is interpreted in the Afrasiab Museum on the site. The museum contains the oldest surviving Chess men. The mural paintings of Afrasiab are famous. Afrasiab lay on the Silk Road , on the borders of Achaemenid Persia.

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