Kay Lohrasp

According to Bundahishn genealogical listings and epic summaries preserved in the Shahnameh tradition, Lohrasp is the son of Auzav (Uzava), grandson of Manush, and a descendant in the Kayanian line from Kay Pisin and Kay Apiveh back to Kay Kobad. He is placed chronologically after Kay Khosrow and is the progenitor of the Lohraspian house by whom Vishtaspa (Gushtasp) and Zarir were begotten; Vishtaspa succeeds him and in turn fathers the famed Esfandiyār. These accounts present Lohrasp as a dynastic connector who anchors the rise of Vishtaspa and the Lohraspian association with God-worshiping/Zoroastrian patronage in the epic past.

Primary sources and summaries do not supply a physical or miraculous description of Lohrasp; narrative and genealogical texts focus on his role as ruler and father rather than bodily attributes. Where character is noted in epic summaries (Shahnameh tradition), he is sometimes portrayed in literary judgment—Zāl is reported to describe him as comparatively weak or powerless—but no consistent iconographic or physical portrayal is recorded in the cited materials.

The sources attribute to Lohrasp political and dynastic roles rather than supernatural powers: he rules only part of Iran (the land called Arzan/Arzāniān), functions as head of a large tribal house (the Lohraspian lineage), is involved in the war of Kay Khosrow though not prominently famed, and is credited in some summaries with construction activity (Balkh). His dynasty is linked with God-worshiping and through his son Vishtaspa the adoption or patronage of Zoroastrian practice in Iran is emphasized. Variant historicalizing accounts (e.g., as reported in later writers) attribute administrative acts or foreign vassalage in different traditions, but these are presented as alternate or uncertain narratives rather than core epic claims.