Arghush Farhadan (

Middle Persian Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle ...

: ''Āghosh Vehādhān'') was a legendary king of Gilan, who lived during the time of the

Kayanian The Kayanians ( Persian: دودمان کیانیان; also Kays, Kayanids, Kaianids, Kayani, or Kiani) are a legendary dynasty of Persian/Iranian tradition and folklore which supposedly ruled after the Pishdadians. Considered collectively, the Ka ...

king of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, Kay Khosrow. He was one of the commanders of the latter during the war against the

Turan Turan ( ae, Tūiriiānəm, pal, Tūrān; fa, توران, Turân, , "The Land of Tur") is a historical region in Central Asia. The term is of Iranian origin and may refer to a particular prehistoric human settlement, a historic geographical re ...

ian king

Afrasiab Afrasiab ( fa, ''afrāsiyāb''; ae, Fraŋrasyan; Middle-Persian: ''Frāsiyāv, Frāsiyāk'') is the name of the mythical king and hero of Turan. He is the main antagonist of the Persian epic Shahnameh, written by Ferdowsi. The mythical king ...

, and along with

Gostaham Gostaham ( fa, گُسْتَهَم) is the name of a number of Iranian heroes in Shahnameh. Son of Nowzar The first Gostaham is the son of Nowzar and the younger brother of Tous. His name was first mentioned in the reign of his father. He was in ...

, invaded

Khwarazm Khwarazm (; Old Persian: ''Hwârazmiya''; fa, خوارزم, ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the ea ...

and defeated Afrasiab's brother,

Garsivaz Garsivaz (also Garsiwaz, Gersiwaz or Karsivaz) ( fa, گَرسیوَز ) is a mythical Turanian character, referred to in ''Shahnameh'' ('Book of Kings') by the Persian epic-poet Ferdowsi. He is the brother of Afrasiab Afrasiab ( fa, ''afrāsi ...

, and his son, Sheda. The rulers of Gilan, including the

Ziyarid The Ziyarid dynasty ( fa, زیاریان) was an Iranian dynasty of Gilaki origin that ruled Tabaristan from 931 to 1090 during the Iranian Intermezzo period. The empire rose to prominence during the leadership of Mardavij. After his death, his ...

king Mardavij, claimed to be descended from Arghush.

Sources

* * {{cite encyclopedia , article = Āḡoš Vehāḏān , last = Tafazzoli , first = A. , url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/agos-vehadan-agos-son-of-vehad-king-of-gilan-at-the-time-of-kay-kosrow-the-kayanid- , editor-last = , editor-first = , editor-link = , encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 6 , pages = 611 , location = , publisher = , year = 1984 , isbn = Shahnameh characters