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	The Shahnameh \| The Shahnameh
		The Shahnameh is considered to be the Persian national epic, to which he gave its final and enduring form, although he based his poem mainly on an earlier prose version.
		The Shahnameh was written aproximately 1,000 years ago and is written in the Pahlavi original, or Parsi, which is pure Persian and a record of pre-Islamic influence Iran.
		The Shahnameh is a poem of nearly 60,000 couplets, taking Ferdowsi some 30 years to complete, and is based mainly on a prose work of the same name compiled in the poet’s early manhood in his native Tus, a region in modern day Iran.
	www.theshahnameh.com /the-shahnameh (928 words)

	The Shahnameh
		The language used in composing the Shahnameh is pure Persian with only the slightest admixture of Arabic.
		The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, an epical poem book of over 55,000 couplets, is based mainly on a prose work of the same name compiled in the poet's earlier life in his native Tous.
		After studying the Shahnameh, one can clearly see that Ferdowsi must have had a solid command of the Pahlavi langauge[?] (Middle Persian) as well, with an astonishing linguistic understanding of the transitional patterns from Middle Persian to Modern Persian.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/sh/Shahnameh.html (539 words)

	Shahnameh (The Epic of Kings); The Hero Tales of Ancient Iran \| CAIS
		Ferdowsi (circa CE 940 -1020), Iranian eoic-poet known as the Homer of Iran, born near Tus in the province of Khorasan.
		Their union resulted in the birth of the most romantic of all the heroes of the Shahnameh, Rustam, who occupies a position in Iranian legend somewhat analogous to that of Hercules in Greek and Latin literature.
		The Shahnameh is perhaps best known to English readers through Rostam and Sohrab, a poem by the English poet Matthew Arnold, which is based on the Persian epic.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Literature/Shahnameh/shahnameh.htm (595 words)

	shahnameh
		The heroic age: Almost two-thirds of the Shahnameh is devoted to the age of heroes, extending from Manuchehr’s reign until the conquest of Alexander.
		The history of the Iranian nation: the Shahnameh is first and foremost the history of Iran as based on collective memories of the Iranians, gathered from ancient times, modified and regulated during the Sassanian period and sanctified during the three centuries of Arab rule and influence.
		The evidence of the Shahnameh is in harmony with the statements of anthologists and historians that Ferdosi was a Shiite.
	www.ferdosi.org /shahnameh.htm (1612 words)

	Persian Language & Literature: Story of Ferdowsi and Shahnameh
		His one desire in putting the Shahnameh (The Epic of Kings) into verse was, out of reward which he might obtain for it, to supply her with an adequate dowry.
		In the preface to Shahnameh it is mentioned that Hasan Maymandi, the Prime Minister himself, was the cause of Ferdowsi's ruin.
		Shahnameh is essentially a history of the Persian kings (mythological and historical) and the heroes of Iran.
	www.iranchamber.com /literature/ferdowsi/story_ferdowsi_shahnameh.php (2801 words)

	Parsi Khabar » Shahnameh: The Great Poem That Came Out of Persia
		The Shahnameh has attained its revered status not only because of the truths it speaks but also because it embodies something that goes unspoken: the struggle of Iranians to maintain their identity.
		The valiant and tragic heroes of the Shahnameh bring Homer’s Hector to mind; its foolish kings are reminiscent of Lear; its women, not in the least oppressed or subservient, conjure Cleopatra.
		Those readers who know the Shahnameh in its original form will surely miss the stunning beauty of its language and the intoxicating poetic rhythms that, for generations, have enabled even the uneducated to commit its verse to memory.
	parsikhabar.net /shahnameh-the-great-poem-that-came-out-of-persia (1156 words)

	ShahnamehVancouver
		Ferdowsi is considered as the greatest Persian poet, author of the Shahnameh ("The Epic of Kings"), the Persian national epic, to which he gave its final and enduring form, although he based his poem mainly on an earlier prose version.
		The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, a poem of nearly 60,000 couplets, is based mainly on a prose work of the same name compiled in the poet's early manhood in his native Tus.
		The Shahnameh, finally completed in 1010 CE, was presented to the celebrated sultan Mahmoud of Ghaznavid, who by that time had made himself master of Ferdowsi's homeland, Khurasan.
	www.oshihan.org /Pages/ShahnamehVanE.htm (876 words)

	Shahnameh
		Shahnameh Podcast is a part of "Jong e Seda" programme.
		In these two final fragments of the Shahnameh introduction, Ferdowsi pays tribute to his friend and supporter Amirak Mansoor and the second part which is one of the most controversial parts of the Shahnameh, Setayesh e Soltan Mahmood.
		Reading Shahnameh has always been fulfilling time and again, and it is a pleasure reading it this time with you.
	shahnameh.podomatic.com (739 words)

	Iransaga - Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
		Ferdowsi who himself was a dehgan, by versifying the Shahnameh, not only safeguarded the epic stories and myths against oblivion, but also by limiting the use of Arabic words to a minimum gave a new power and glory to the Persian language, a pride-inspiring, vivid testimony to the Iranians' nationhood and independence.
		Therefore, in a study of the mythical character of a hero like Rostam, the relation between the people and their hero is as important as the hero's devotion to his duty, which, in its turn is perceived and determined by the people, i.e.
		Although Ferdowsi owes most of the materials of the Shahnameh to the oral poetic traditions, he himself was not something of a gosan, a minstrel, an oral poet, a performer of legends and myths, but a well-educated, intellectual member of a rather wealthy social class called dehgan (dehqn).
	www.artarena.force9.co.uk /fs.htm (1654 words)

	Shahnameh, great source for plays
		Literary experts place the Shahnameh in the same category as other world epics such as the Iliad and Odyssey, which are attributed to Homer.
		The lack of long and short-term planning in theater, the popularity of Western plays, the general lack of interest in Iranian productions, the restrictions, improper education in playwriting, and inattention to research works are some of the reasons why the art of theater has not developed much yet in Iran.
		He spent 35 years writing his Shahnameh (Book of Kings) and completed it in the year 1010, when he was about 70 years old.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=143292 (476 words)

	shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings, Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
		There are also a glossary of names and their pronunciation, a summary of the complete Shahnameh, and a guide to the Persian miniatures which illuminate the tales.
		FATHERS AND SONS, volume II of the series, opens and closes with tales of tragic conflict between a king and his son: Prince Seyavash and Prince Esfandyar are both driven from the court by their foolish fathers to confront destiny and death in distant lands.
		His great epic the Shahnameh, to which he devoted most of his adult life, was originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan, who were the chief instigators of the revival of Persian cultural traditions after the Arab conquest of the seventh century.
	www.mage.com /SSC.html (2115 words)

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		The Shahnameh is an impressive monument of poetry and historiography; a poetical recast of what Ferdosi and his predecessors regarded as the account of Iran’s history.
		In all the years he was composing the Shahnameh, he had saved it for a royal patron who would recognize the value of such a treasure and would be worthy of receiving it.
		As a result, the Shahnameh was deprived of a traditional and highly effective “ceremony of presentation to the royal patron” by the author himself.
	www.textileasart.com /carpets.html (2360 words)

	Ferdowsi, National Epic Poet
		His great epic, The Shahnameh (The Epic of Kings), to which he devoted most of his life, was originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan.
		During Ferdowsi's lifetime, the dynasty was conquered by the Ghaznavid Turks, and there are various stories in medieval texts describing the lack of interest shown by the new ruler of Khorasan, Mahmud Ghaznavi, in Ferdowsi and his lifework.
		The Shahnameh is perhaps best known to English readers through Sohrab and Rustum, a poem by English poet Matthew Arnold that is based on the Persian epic.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=77961 (502 words)

	Shahnameh of Ferdowsi and medieval Persian Poetry
		The Shahnameh is the national epic of Persia.
		As a window on a world, the Shahnameh belongs in the company of such literary masterpieces as the Maharabata of India, Dante’s Divina Commedia, the plays of Shakespeare, and the epics of Homer—classics whose reach and range brings whole cultures into view.
		Iran's national epic, the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, has traditionally been regarded by both Persians and Westerners as a poem celebrating the the central role of monarchy in Persian history.
	www.mage.com /poetrybooks.html (604 words)

	CHN \| News
		Shahnameh is a very popular book not only among Iranians but also all Persian speakers in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, parts of Central Asia, Pakistan, India and even some parts of China.
		Shahnameh is also important to the remaining 200,000 Zoroastrians in the world, because it traces the beginning of Zoroastrianism to the defeat of the last Sassanian Zoroastrian king by invasion of Arabs.
		With creating the masterpiece of Shahnameh, Ferdowsi is not dead, he is alive is heart of all Persian lovers who every year pay tribute to this great poem on his commemoration day.
	www.chnpress.com /news/?section=2&id=7144 (590 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Fathers and Sons, by Dick Davis, Hardcover, 1 ED
		Volume II of our series of the major stories from the Shahnameh opens and closes with tales of tragic conflict between a king and his son: Prince Seyavash and Prince Esfandyar are both driven from the court by their foolish fathers to confront destiny and death in distant lands.
		Breathtaking miniatures from the finest Persian Shahnameh manuscripts of the 16th and 17th centuries heighten the emotional impact of the text.
		the mage shahnameh is imo the most skillfully translated book in the english language and imo in the original farsi the greatest piece of literature we have at our hands.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /Fathers-and-Sons/Dick-Davis/e/9780934211536 (1213 words)

	The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi: An Icon to National Identity
		In short, a study of the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) gives us a literary excuse for exploring how culture moves across time and space, becoming part of the global common heritage.
		The Shahnameh became the treasure of every great private library in Iran, where an elegantly illustrated and illuminated manuscript became the family's treasure.
		The Shahnameh recounts the history of Iran, beginning with the creation of the world and the introduction of the arts of civilization (fire, cooking, metallurgy, law) and ends with the Arab conquest.
	www.globalthink.net /global/shahnameh.html (3102 words)

	The Shahnameh Millenial Concert - Tapesh.Com Forum
		To commemorate the Shahnameh millennium, the Seventh Biennial conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies will include a multi-media concert combining Shahnameh storytelling (naghali), Shahnameh-inspired orchestral music, and visual presentations of scenes from the epic.
		Shahnameh recitations are seamless with Persian tonal intervals and rhythmic declarations.
		This concert's vision in marrying a beautiful symphonic work to a handsome Shahnameh narration is the sort of vision Ferdowsi may have had for us from a millennium ago.
	forum.tapesh.com /showthread.php?p=296418 (1195 words)

	Amazon.com: Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis: Books
		The Shahnameh is the great epic of ancient Persia, opening with the creation of the universe and closing with the Arab Muslim conquest of the worn-out empire in the 7th century.
		Embedded in the Shahnameh are love stories, like that of Zal and Rudabeh, that recall the heartsick yearnings of Provençal troubadours and their ladies; tragedies of mistaken identity, hubris and irreconcilable moral obligations that might have attracted Sophocles; and meditations on the brevity of life that sound like Ecclesiastes or Horace.
		The Lion and the Throne by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
	www.amazon.com /Shahnameh-Persian-Kings-Abolqasem-Ferdowsi/dp/0670034851 (1800 words)

	Shahnameh, The Fourth Iranian Typography Exhibition
		The Shahnameh is the poetic recital of the oldest legendary and mythical Iranian narrations which has been written in verses by Hakim Abol-ghasem Ferdowsi (935-1020).
		Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, in quality as well as in quantity is the greatest classical literary work in the Farsi language; it may even be counted as one of the most important epic works throughout the world.
		Even today after one thousand years, the Shahnameh as one of the few literary masterpieces of the world with its interpretation opens new doors to the great dimensions of Ferdowsi's way of thinking.
	www.5thcolor.com /events/shahname.html (303 words)

	ShahNameh the Book Open Source Project
		Shahnameh means “The Diary of the Kings” which includes all the stories of Persia’s greatest Kings right from Gayomard (the 1st Persian King) to Yazdezard (the last Persian King).
		Shahnameh is much more bigger in depth than Homer’s Iliad and is as detailed as the Mahabharata.
		Poet Firdawsi Tusi wrote the Shahnameh with the intention that the future generations of Zoroastrians do not forget their ancestor’s rich heritage.
	geekswithblogs.net /Mahernoz/archive/2007/01/09/103132.aspx (363 words)

	Iran and China
		According to Shahnameh, Rustam in his old age, fights the invincible Prince Esfandyar and is badly wounded in the combat but with the help of Simurgh he finally overcomes Esfandyar’s power and kills him.
		In Shahnameh we read that Zal, the father of Rustam, being born with white hair, so annoyed his father Sam that he abandoned the child on a mountain, where he was brought up by the bird Simurgh.
		According to Shahnameh, Sudabeh, the wicked wife of King Kay-ka’us, falls in love with her step-son, the saintly Siyavush.
	www.mihanfoundation.org /literature/iranchina.html (733 words)

	WSJ.com - The Great Poem That Came Out of Persia
		Indeed, the Shahnameh is more likely to strike a familiar chord with Westerners than do many Iranian artistic exports -- which tend to be celebrated here only if they are exotic and mysterious.
		Davis, who has dedicated himself to the study of the Shahnameh for many years, retells the majority of its stories -- but instead of working in verse, Mr.
		In the growing thicket of experts, pundits and books on Iran, most of which do nothing but obscure the country and its inhabitants, the Shahnameh, explosive with nonatomic adventures, is the quickest, most reliable route to knowing the heart of Iran -- perhaps not of its rulers, but certainly of its people.
	www.royahakakian.com /live/newsletter/roya_hakakian_on_shahnameh.html (1007 words)

	ESSAY; The Epic of Iran - New York Times
		His ''Shahnameh'' is rendered in an exquisite blend of poetry and prose, with none of the antiquated flourishes that so often mar translations of epic poetry.
		The ''Shahnameh'' has much in common with the blood-soaked epics of Homer and with ''Paradise Lost'' and ''The Divine Comedy.'' But in truth, it's difficult to find a literary equivalent, especially one that has had as profound an impact in shaping, and preserving, one nation's identity.
		For many Iranians, the ''Shahnameh'' links past and present, forming a cohesive mytho-historical narrative through which they understand their place in the world.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE1D9143FF933A05757C0A9609C8B63 (701 words)

	Book Details
		The Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), national epic of the Iranian people, was completed by the poet Ferdowsi in A.D. Its traditional 60,000 couplets outline exploits of Persian heroes, legendary as well as historical, before the Islamic conquest.
		No surviving Shahnameh is grander in scale than that created in the early sixteenth century for Shah Tahmasb at Tabriz and purchased in the mid-twentieth century by, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.
		Given the paucity of surviving buildings, textiles, and other examples of decorative arts of early Safavi culture, the book is a treasure trove virtually an art gallery revealing the evolution of Safavi painting in the crucial years between the early 1520s and the mid-1530s.
	www.mazdapublisher.com /BookDetails.aspx?BookID=186 (703 words)

	Hyperwerks: Rostam
		Adapted from the rich verse of Ferdowsi the famous Persian poet, the epic tales of valour, bravery, and devotion are for the first time adpated to the American comic genre.
		Every detail, including weaponry, architecture, and clothing was inspired by original Persian culture and created especially to compliment the rich storyline.
		A tribute we hope is befitting the spirit of The Shahnameh or "The Book of Kings".
	www.hyperwerks.com /series/rostam.html (159 words)

	The Modern Magazine for Persian Weddings, Cuisine, Culture & Community
		An impressive collection of poetry and historiography, which took over thirty years to compile, the Shahnameh is regarded as the account of Iran’s history.
		Since its creation, the stories of the Shahnameh have become an anchoring fabric that weaves the Iranian people together with classics such as the stories of Rostam and Sohrab and Rostam and Div-e Sefeed.
		The Shahnameh was based mainly on a prose work of the same name, which the poet had compiled earlier from a Pahlavi (Middle Persian) work, the Khvatay-namak.
	www.persianmirror.com /culture/famous/bios/Ferdosi.cfm (695 words)

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