On this, _Gilsháh_[250] of exalted nature, in obedience to a revelation from heaven, and to the command of the ruler of the universe, became the sovereign of mankind: he restored the institutes of justice, and reassembled the members of his family, who, during his seclusion, had totally dispersed: on this account he was styled _Abú-l-Bashr_, or “the Father of the human race,” because with the exception of his family, the great majority of the others having fallen in their mutual contests, the survivors had adopted the pursuits and habitudes of demons and of wild beasts: _Kaiomors_, or _Gilsháh_, with his sons, then proceeded to give battle to the vile race, and disabled their hands from inflicting cruelty on the harmless animals: all that we find in Histories of Kaiomors, and his sons fighting against demons, refers to this circumstance, and the systems of faith which sanction the slaughter of animals were all invented by this demon-like race. In short, the only true Ruler of the world transmitted a celestial volume to Kaiomors, and also selected for the prophetic office among his illustrious descendants, _Siyámak_, _Húsháng_, _Tahmúras_, _Jemshíd_, _Farídún_, _Minucheher_, _Kai Khúsró_, _Zaratúsht_, _Azár Sásán_ the first, and _Azár Sásán_ the fifth, enjoining them to walk in conformity with the doctrines of Máhábád and Kaiomors; so that the celestial volumes which he bestowed on those happy princes, all their writings and records were in perfect accord with the code of _Máhábád_: with the exception of _Zaratúsht_, not one of this race uttered a single word against the book of Abad: and even Zaratúsht’s words were, by the glosses of the _Yezdániáns_, made to conform to the _Máhábádian_ code――they therefore style Zaratúsht, “_Wakhshur-i-Simbari_,” or the parable-speaking prophet.