Editing Turan (section)

==== Shahnameh ====
{{Main|Shahnameh|Tur (Shahnameh)}}
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In the Persian epic ''Shahnameh'', the term ''Tūrān'' ("land of the Tūrya" like ''[[Iran|Ērān, Īrān]]'' = "land of the [[Arya (Iran)|Ārya]]") refers to the inhabitants of the eastern-Iranian border and beyond the [[Amu Darya|Oxus]]. According to the foundation myth given in the ''Shahnameh'', King Firēdūn (= Avestan [[Fereydun|Θraētaona]]) had three sons, [[Salm (Shahnameh)|Salm]], [[Tur (Shahnameh)|Tūr]] and ''[[Iraj]]'', among whom he divided the world: [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]] was given to Salm, Turan to Tur and Iran to Īraj. The older brothers killed the younger, but he was avenged by his grandson, and the Iranians became the rulers of the world. However, the war continued for generations. In the ''Shahnameh'', the word Turan appears nearly 150 times and that of Iran nearly 750 times.

Some examples from the ''Shahnameh'':

{{blockquote|نه خاکست پیدا نه دریا نه کوه

ز بس تیغداران توران گروه

No earth is visible, no sea, no mountain,

From the many blade-wielders of the Turan horde}}

{{blockquote|تهمتن به توران سپه شد به جنگ

بدانسان که نخجیر بیند پلنگ

Tahamtan (Powerful-Bodied) [[Rostam]] took the fight to the Turan army

Just as a leopard sights its prey.}}