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Early Rule of Persia
The Pishdadian Dynasty is said to have produced the first kings who ruled over the land of Persia. Some of the Pishdadian kings are claimed to have even ruled for thousands of years. On the one hand, it has been suggested that given these impossibly long reigns, the historical veracity of these kings are somewhat dubious. On the other hand, it has been argued that such tales should just not be taken too literally. Instead, the reign of each king ought to be regarded as being "a sequential record of human development", as "developments that correspond to archaeological / historical ages such as the Stone and Metal Ages" are said to have happened during their rule.
The first mortal, who was also the first Pishdadian king, for instance, is recorded to have been Kaiumers (spelled also as Kayomars and Keyumars). This name evolved from Gayomard, and Gaya Maretan (literally translated as 'life mortal') before it. Ferdowsi, in the Shahnameh, describes Kaiumers as such...
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