When the days of Darab came to a close and the lamentations of mourning subsided, his fiery and youthful son, Dara, ascended the Kianian throne, placing the sublime crown upon his head. Dara was a sharp-tongued, resolute, and uncompromising monarch whose heart raged with ambition and whose speech cut like a honed blade. Sitting upon the royal seat, he gathered the chieftains and commanders, delivering a stern, commanding address. He declared that no rebellion would be tolerated, that those who defied his absolute will would face swift execution, and that supreme authority over all lands belonged solely to his crown.
Promptly, Dara summoned his wise scribe and dictated stern, dagger-sharp edicts to rulers in every quarter of the known world. The decrees warned that any lord who strayed from his command would feel the head-severing edge of the royal saber. Following this display of iron will, Dara unlocked his father’s vast hereditary treasuries. He distributed silver coins, gold dinars, armored caparisons, brawling coats of mail, and heavy maces among his legions, heaping rewards upon his soldiers and assigning frontier provinces to tested, veteran commanders.
The renown of Dara's fierce power and lavish bounty resounded across continents. Emissaries flocked to his court bearing rich tribute and taxes from India, Rome, and the Khaqan and Faghfur of China, none daring to challenge his sovereignty. Furthermore, Dara ordered the construction of a magnificent city named Noshad in the realm of Ahvaz. He extended royal benevolence to the impoverished, granted foundations to seekers of fortune, and established his reign upon pillars of absolute authority and lavish splendor.