Then they sent a messenger unto Feridoun the glorious...

Then they sent a messenger unto Feridoun the glorious, and they said- "O King, aged and great, fearest thou not to go home unto thy God? for evil hast thou done, and injustice dost thou leave behind thee. Thy realm hast thou allotted with iniquity, and thine eldest born hast thou treated with disfavour. But we thy sons entreat thee that ere it be too late thou listen to our voice.

Command thou Irij to step down from the throne of Iran, and hide him in some corner of the earth, that he be weak and forgotten like ourselves. Yet if thou doest not our bidding, we will bring forth riders from Turkestan and Khaver filled with vengeance, and will utterly destroy Irij and the land of Iran." When Feridoun had listened to these hard words he was angered, and straightway said- "Speak unto these men, senseless and impure, these sons of Ahriman,…