Excerpt from Khordad-SalAccording to our religious books this day is great and memorable on account of several other happenings, in addition to its being the birthday of Zarathushtra. Some of these events are: -The first human being to be created by Ahura Mazda on this earth was Gayomard, and this being was created on Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin. According to our books the first human being, Gayomard, was sexless, that is, the being was neither male nor female.Ahura Mazda thereafter created a pair or couple of human beings, known in our books as Mashya and Mashyoi, or Mahrih and Mahrianih. The day of their creation was Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin. From this couple of male and female the population of the world grew up.The first King of Iran, known as Gayomard, or Kayomars, was born on Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin.King Hoshang of the Peshdadyan dynasty of Iran, who discovered the method of producing fire by rubbing stones or flints, was born on Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin.On Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin King Tehmuras who is known as Tehmurs Devbajd, won a victory over Ahreman, and rode on him like a horse.On Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin King Faridun, who had defeated Zohak and imprisoned him, divided his Kingdom into three parts and distributed them to his three sons.The day on which King Kai-Khusrav of the Kyani dynasty defeated in battle the Turanian King Afrasiab and killed him was Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin.It was on Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin that King Kai-Khusrav abdicated his throne and entrusted the kindom of Iran to Lohrasp, and himself disappeared from the world.The day on which the holy Prophet Zarathushtra acquired from Ahura Mazda knowledge about religion, and on which the Ameshaspands accepted Zarathushtra as the holy Prophet, was Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin.On Roje Khordad of the month Farvardin King Kai-Gushtasp of the Kyani dynasty of Iran accepted the Religion of Zarathushtra.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.