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The Shah Nameh

By Mansur, Abul Kasim

The Shah Nameh

By Mansur, Abul Kasim

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The shahnameh is a long epic poem written by the persian poet ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 ce and is the national epic of greater iran. Consisting of some 50,000 "distichs" or couplets, the shahnameh is one of the world's longest epic poems. It tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of the persian empire from the creation of the world until the arab conquest of iran in the 7th century. Modern iran, azerbaijan, afghanistan and the greater region influenced by persian culture celebrate this national epic. The work is of central importance in persian culture and persian language, regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of the ethno-national cultural identity of iran. It is also important to the contemporary adherents of zoroastrianism, in that it traces the historical links between the beginnings of the religion and the death of the last sassanid ruler of persia during the muslim conquest which brought an end to the zoroastrian influence in iran.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
324
Release Date:
2006-08-30
Publication Date:
2006-08-30
Publisher:
Echo Library
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
140683338X
Weight:
476 g
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