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Iran's current leadership behaves as though collectively they are suffering from paranoid schizophrenia: the hardliners in Iran's government see the Turanian king Afrasiab (a legendary enemy of Persia) at the head of every western government.
Matthew Sugrue: Do Sanctions Work? Iran, Proliferation and U.S. Policy 2010
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The second of these, a ruthless Afghan soldier, had abruptly entered the capital; nor was he ejected from it until he had seized upon the principal jewels, and likewise put out the eyes of the last of the unfortunate family of Afrasiab.
Burlesques 2006
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As regards the second number, it may be noted that Sohrab, being in quest of his father Rustum, to whom he is unknown, offers battle as one of the host of the Tartar King Afrasiab, to any champion of the Persian Kai Khosroo.
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When I have defeated him I will set my father Rustem upon the throne, and then I will overthrow Afrasiab, King of the Turanians, and take his throne myself.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Would you have him less than Rustam, and weaker than Afrasiab?
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier
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Their allegiance was doubtful; they were not bound to follow the army of King Afrasiab.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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The noise of these preparations spread abroad and soon came to the ears of Afrasiab, who saw in this war an opportunity for profit to himself and humiliation for Kaoos.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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He became the champion of his people, restored the Persian king to his throne, and defeated Afrasiab, the great
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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But Afrasiab was a wily monarch, and sent to Sohrab two astute counsellors, Haman and Barman with instructions to watch the young leader carefully and to keep from him all knowledge of his father.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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The army of Afrasiab, under the command of Peran-Wisa, invaded Persia once more, and Sohrab accompanied the host.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
chained_bear commented on the word Afrasiab
"The realistic subject matter of the Afrasiab paintings distinguishes them from other Sogdian wall paintings depicting legends and deities found at Panjikent and the Varakhsha fortress outside Bukhara. They were painted between 660 and 661 during the reign of the Sogdian king Varkhuman. ... Now located in the Afrasiab History Museum, these paintings were salvaged in 1965 after a bulldozer digging a new road removed the room's ceiling."
--Valerie Hansen, The Silk Road: A New History (Oxford and New York: Oxford UP, 2012), 125
January 3, 2017