ArnavÃÂz (; "ArÃÂnauuÃÂÃÂë" in Avestan) is one of the two daughters (or possibly sisters) of Jamshid, the mythological king of Parsia. ArnavÃÂz and her sister, ShahrnÃÂz first married ZahhÃÂk, but later married Fereydun, after he had defeated ZahhÃÂk and imprisoned him in mount DamÃÂvand.
In some versions of Shahname, including the russian version, á¹®aÿÃÂlebë, Arnavaz and ShahrnÃÂz are the daughters of Jamshid. But in others, they are his sisters.
According to the Shahname, she lived with Zahhak in harmony and Zahhak "taught her how to commit crime". Nonetheless, ArnavÃÂz was the advisor of Zahhak. When Fereydun finally defeated Zahhak, he made ArnavÃÂz and her sister repent, cleansed them of their sins and took both of them as his consorts. Shahrnaz had two sons with him Tur and Salm, while ArnavÃÂz had a son with him, his youngest, Iraj. Fereydun then divided the world between his sons, giving Rum (Rome) to Salm, Turan to Tur, and Iran to Iraj. Because Iran was the best part of the world, this aroused the jealousy of Salm and Tur, leading them to kill Iraj. However, Iraj had an (unnamed) daughter who married Pashang (not to be confused with Turanian Pashang), and had a son with him, Manuchehr, who avenged his grandfather's murder.