A great portion of the historical chronicles given in Shahnameh is based on this epic and there are in fact various phrases and words which can be matched between Ferdowsi's poem and this source, according to Zabihollah Safa. The text is written in the late Middle Persian, which was the immediate ancestor of Modern Persian. Many other Pahlavi sources were used in composing the epic, prominent being the Kārnāmag-ī Ardaxšīr-ī Pābagān, which was originally written during the late Sassanid era and gave accounts of how Ardashir I came to power which, because of its historical proximity, is thought to be highly accurate. Some claim that Ferdowsi also used Zoroastrian nasks, such as the now-lost Chihrdad, as sources as well. The style of the Shahnameh shows characteristics of both written and oral literature. These verses, which deal with the rise of the prophet Zoroaster, were afterward incorporated by Ferdowsi, with acknowledgment, in his own poem. The first to undertake the versification of the Pahlavi chronicle was Daqiqi, a contemporary of Ferdowsi, poet at the court of the Samanid Empire, who came to a violent end after completing only 1,000 verses. Ferdowsi added material continuing the story to the overthrow of the Sasanians by the Muslim armies in the middle of the seventh century. The X wadāynāmag contained historical information on the later Sasanian period, but it does not appear to have drawn on any historical sources for the earlier Sasanian period (3rd to 4th centuries). This prose Shahnameh was in turn and for the most part the translation of a Pahlavi ( Middle Persian) work, known as the X wadāynāmag "Book of Kings", a late Sasanian compilation of the history of the kings and heroes of Persia from mythical times down to the reign of Khosrau II (590–628). It is based mainly on a prose work of the same name compiled in Ferdowsi's earlier life in his native Tus. The Shahnameh is an epic poem of over 50,000 couplets written in Early New Persian. A small portion of Ferdowsi's work, in passages scattered throughout the Shahnameh, is entirely of his own conception. Many such accounts already existed in prose, an example being the Abu-Mansuri Shahnameh. The Shahnameh is a monument of poetry and historiography, being mainly the poetical recast of what Ferdowsi, his contemporaries, and his predecessors regarded as the account of Iran's ancient history. 7-8th-centuryįerdowsi started writing the Shahnameh in 977 and completed it on 8 March 1010. ' Rostam cycle' - fragment of the Penjikent murals in the Hermitage Museum. 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. Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the greater region influenced by Persian culture such as Armenia, Dagestan, Georgia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan celebrate this national epic. It tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of the Persian Empire from the creation of the world until the Muslim conquest in the seventh century. Consisting of some 50,000 " distichs" or couplets (two-line verses), the Shahnameh is one of the world's longest epic poems. 9 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. The Shahnameh or Shahnama ( Persian: شاهنامه, romanized: Šāhnāme, lit.'The Book of Kings', pronounced ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. The imagery on this plate represents the earliest known depiction of a well-known episode from the story of Bahram Gur, which seems to have been popular for centuries, but was only recorded in the Shahnameh, centuries after this plate was created. We do not sell books that are missing pages or are ‘falling to pieces’.Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh. All text will be readable and the book will be intact.on both back and front), a moderate watermark, large repaired tear, marked and curling page edges. Moderate: Examples of moderate wear include: more noticeable cover wear (e.g.Minor: Examples of minor wear include: a repaired cover tear or a couple of repaired pages, a creased or scuffed spine or cover, a small watermark, minor marks on page edges.No notes and/or highlighting, but will show signs of wear.minor cosmetic marks, contact, previous owner’s name). May also have signs of normal use (e.g.Moderate: Highlighting and notes may be untidy, and/or present on a moderate number of pages.Minor: Highlighting and notes are limited to only a few lines or pages, or to a small percentage of the entire book.Notes and/or highlighting, but no significant wear.No notes or highlighting, and no significant wear.
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