Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map (1906)
Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 329
with upstretched hands, but trampledupon by the stern monarch. This fallen enemy is Gaumatathe Magian, otherwise known as the False Smerdis, whousurped the crown upon the death of Cambyses, under pretenseof being the kings brother, but was unmasked and slain byDarius and his six trusty followers,… … The Kerman Inscription of King Dakius1. The Persian Text THE GRAND INSCRIPTION OF BEHISTAN 181 Directly back of the king stands his quiver-bearer and cham-berlain, Aspachanah, and behind the latter is the kings spear-bearer, Gaubruva, if we may assign to these the names attachedto the similar…
Zoroastrianism
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