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Jamshid In tradition and folklore, Jamshid is described as having been the fourth and greatest king of the epigraphically unattested Kayumarids of Aryana (Present day Afghanistan). This role is already alluded to in Zoroastrian scripture (e.g. Yasht 19, Vendidad 2), where the figure appears as Avestan language Yima(-Kshaeta) "(radiant) Yima," and from which the name 'Jamshid' then derives.
'Jamshid' remains a common Iranian and Zoroastrian male name. Edward FitzGerald transliterated the name as 'Jamshyd'. In the eastern regions of Greater Iran, Central Asia, and by the Zoroastrians of the Indian subcontinent it is rendered as 'Jamshed'.
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