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2. Shahnameh - Wikipedia

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   The Shahnameh contains the first Persian legend of Alexander the Great in the tradition of the Alexander Romance. Three sections of the Shahnameh are dedicated to Alexander, running over 2,500 verses in total, and Alexander's life is the work's turning point between mythic and historical rulers of Persia. It also represents a turning point of ...

3. Category:Shahnameh - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Shahnameh — an epic poem of Persian mythology, written by the Ancient Persian poet Ferdowsi of the Sasanian Empire

4. Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp - Wikipedia

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   The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (Persian: شاهنامه شاه‌طهماسب) or Houghton Shahnameh is one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran, and a high point in the art of the Persian miniature. It is probably the most fully illustrated manuscript of the text ever produced.

5. Faranak - Wikipedia

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   Parvânak, meaning "the little butterfly", is another name for the Persian lynx or caracal, also called siâh-goosh سیاه‌گوش , which means "black-eared" in Persian. Both the name siâh-goosh ("black-eared") and parvânak ("little butterfly") refer to the pointy long black ears of the Persian lynx that look like butterflies.

6. Rostam and Sohrab - Wikipedia

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   The tragedy of "Rostam and Sohrab" forms part of the 10th-century Persian epic Shahnameh by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. It tells the tragic story of the heroes Rostam and his son, Sohrab. [1] Statue of Rostam and Sohrab Rustam mourns Suhrab Rostam is stabbing Sohrab Tahmineh comes to visit Rostam

7. Pishdadian dynasty - Wikipedia

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   Although Ferdowsi was a Muslim [24] writing for a Muslim audience, [25] the Shahnameh is seen as “non-Islamic” (albeit monotheistic) [26] and partly reflecting a Zoroastrian perspective. [25] [note 1] Ferdowsi excludes Islamic cosmology and chronology from the Shahnameh and makes the pre-Islamic Persian myths the core message of the epic. [29]