Introduction
Nowzar is a Pishdadian king, son of Manuchehr, whose reign marks a decline from his father's strength: his weakness and injustice as a ruler invited invasion from Turan under King Afrasiyab, and he was ultimately killed by Afrasiyab himself.
Family
A troubled reign
Unlike his father Manuchehr, Nowzar failed to command the loyalty and respect of his nobles, and his unjust rule created the conditions for external threat. Sensing this weakness, Afrasiyab of Turan launched an invasion of Iran, beginning a new, more sustained phase of the Iran-Turan conflict that had originated generations earlier with the murder of Iraj.
Death
Nowzar was captured and killed by Afrasiyab, a humiliating end that underscored the danger of weak Iranian kingship in the face of Turan's ambitions, and set the stage for the restoration of order under his eventual successors.