ABSTRACT
Sasan, the old eponymous hero of the race, was a priest of the temple of Anahita at Persepolis. His wife Ram-behisht was the daughter of the king of the Bazrangi line, whose capital was the town of Nisayek, the white-walled citadel of which under Arabian rule bore the name of Bayda, made famous by the celebrated commentator of the Koran, al-Baydawi. Their son Papak (Babek in Persian) was a petty prince of Khir, a small town on Lake Bakhtigan, on the road from Sarvistan to Niriz. He obtained for his son Ardashir from king Gozihr the dignity of Argapat (fort commandant) of the town of Darabjird. This was the beginning of the fortunes of his house.
