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[[File:Afrasiyab Executes Nauzar Wellcome L0068903.jpg|thumb|Scene from the Shahnameh. Afrasiyab (standing figure) executes Nauzar (lying down). [[Wellcome Library]].]]

{{About|an Iranian mythical hero|the village in Iran|Afrasiab, Iran|the ancient site of northern Samarkand|Afrasiyab (Samarkand)|other uses|Afrasiyab (disambiguation){{!}}Afrasiyab}}

'''Afrasiab''' ({{lang-fa|{{nastaliq|افراسياب|fa}}}} ''afrāsiyāb''; {{lang-ae|Fraŋrasyan}}; [[Middle-Persian]]: ''Frāsiyāv, Frāsiyāk,'' and ''Freangrāsyāk'') is the name of the mythical king and hero of [[Turan]]. He is the main antagonist of the Persian poem, [[Shahnameh]].

==The mythical king and hero==