In Search of Shahs’ Memories in Historical Tablets
19 April 2014
Memories of Iran’s political figures in various eras should be retrieved from inscriptions on the stone tablets remaining from the Achaemenians and Sasanids.
IBNA: The memoirs of political figures in the history of Iran should be considered in the eras of the ancient Iran, Islamic Iran and the contemporary Iran.
The Bistun Inscription, authored by Darius the Great sometime between his coronation as king of the Persian Empire in the summer of 522 BC and his death in autumn of 486 BC, is regarded as one of the first and most significant inscriptions of shahs in the history of Iran. it is regarded as the first example of memoirs by political figures in the history of Iran. Darius the Great introduces himself, his kingdom and his lands in the inscription.
State uprisings in the ancient Iran is another topic considered in the inscription by Darius. He has repeatedly spoken of the uprisings and their danger and fate under his kingdom in the piece.
The inscription states in detail that the rebellions, which had resulted from the deaths of Cyrus the Great and his son Cambyses II, were orchestrated by several impostors and their co-conspirators in various cities throughout the empire, each of whom falsely proclaimed kinghood during the upheaval following Cyrus's death.
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