Kayumars was the last Prince of Badakhshan, before its annexation and conquest by the Kingdom of Pars.
History[]
It is said that, at first, Tahamine was betrothed to the Prime Minister of the Principality of Badakhshan, but his master, Prince Kayumars, stole her away. It is then said that the Prime Minister later killed himself because of the affair.
Two years after the death of Parsian King Gotarzes II, civil war broke out in Badakhshan. The Principality decided that Pars was no longer to be relied upon and allied itself with the Kingdom of Sindhura.
Upon hearing this news, the Kingdom of Pars invaded the lands of Badakhshan, and Kayumars sent out a distress call to Sindhura requesting aid. Although Sindhura immediately sent relief forces, Andragoras, who then still was Eran of Pars, had already, with cutthroat speed, traversed the entirety of Badakhshan and destroyed all the bridges on the river that the Sindhuran army needed to cross into the country. With the Sindhuran army's advance thus obstructed, Andragoras turned his own forces back around and seized the capital of Badakhshan, Helmandus. Prince Kayumars of Badakhshan threw himself off one of the city towers, and every last one of the two thousand ministers and generals of the Sindhuran faction who had tempted him down this path were killed by the conquering Parsians.
Etymology[]
Kayumars is a Persian name, meaning "living mortal." Its Avestan form is Gaiio Marətan.
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