Time was for twelve thousand years; and it says in revelation, that three thousand years was the duration of the spiritual state, where the creatures were unthinking, unmoving, and intangible; and three thousand years was the duration of Gâyômard, with the ox, in the world.
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As this was six thousand years the series of millennium reigns of Cancer, Leo, and Virgo had elapsed, because it was six thousand years when the millennium reign came to Libra, the adversary rushed in, and Gâyômard lived thirty years in tribulation.
After the thirty years Mâshya and Måshyôt grew up; it was fifty years while they were not wife and husband, and they were ninety-three years together as wife and husband till the time when Hôshyang' came.
Hôshyang was forty years, Takhmôrup thirty years, Yim till his glory departed six hundred and sixteen years and six months, and after that he was a hundred years in concealment.
Then the millennium reign came to Scorpio, and Dahâk ruled a thousand years.
After the millennium reign came to Sagittarius, Frêdan reigned five hundred years; in the same five hundred years of Frêdun were the twelve years of Airik; Mânûskihar was a hundred and twenty years, and in the same reign of Manuskihar, when he was in the mountain fastness (dushkhvår-gar), were the twelve years of Frasiyav; Zôb the Tühmâspian was five years.
Kai-Kabâd was fifteen years; Kat-Kâus, till he went to the sky, seventy-five years, and seventy-five years after that, altogether a hundred and fifty years; Kaf-Khûsrôv sixty years; Kai-Lôrâsp a hundred and twenty years; Kaf-Vistasp, till the coming of the religion, thirty years, altogether a hundred and twenty years.
Vohuman son of Spend-dâd a hundred and twelve years; Hûmâi, who was daughter of Vohûman, thirty years; Dârâi son of Kihar-âzâd, that is, of the daughter of Vohuman, twelve years; Dârât son of Dârâî fourteen years; Alexander the Ruman fourteen years.
The Askânians bore the title in an uninterrupted (a-arubak) sovereignty two hundred and eighty-four years, Ardashir son of Papak and the number of the Sâsânians four hundred and sixty years, and then it went to the Arabs.