The
tyrant Zohak, who overthrew the Persian monarchy
then represented by Jamshid, was in turn
overthrown and driven out of Iran. His memory is
preserved in the castle of Zohak near Bamian, and
his The
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descendants
are said to have founded the dynasty of Ghor, in
the wild recesses of the Siah-Koh. Zal was a
prince who dwelt on the banks of the Helmand, and
the story of his love for Rudabah, a princess of Kabul,
is one of the most romantic episodes in the
“Shahnamah." They were the parents of
Rustam, the great hero of ancient Persian
history; whose castle is said to have been on an
island in the lake of Seistan. The mountain
masses continuing westward from the Hindu Kushare
furrowed by the river valleys. They thus form a
series of ridges running west and south-west from
the western extreme of the Hindu Kush, -where
that name ceases to be used. The
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