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'The Book of Kings', modern Iranian Persian pronunciation [ʃɒːh.nɒː.ˈme]), [a] also transliterated Shahnama, [b] 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.
Zafarnamah (Persian: ظفرنامه, lit. 'Book of Victory') is an epic poem written by the Persian poet, historian and geographer Hamdallah Mustawfi (d. 1334). The epic history, compiled in 75,000 couplets, explores Iranian history from the Arab conquest to the Mongols.
The Tarikh-i Shahrukhi (Persian: تاریخ شاهرخی) is a Persian chronicle about the Khanate of Kokand, composed in 1871/72 by Niaz-Muhammad ibn Ashur-Muhammad Khoqani under the orders of Muhammad Khudayar Khan (r. 1845–1875). [1]
Khwaday-Namag was the primary source of the 10th-century Persian epic Shahnameh ('Book of Kings') written by Ferdowsi. Khwaday-Namag was also translated to New Persian , and was expanded using other sources, by Samanid scholars under the supervision of Abu Mansur Mamari in 957, but only the introduction of this work remains today.
This series of three books is a modern adaptation of the Shahnameh (Persian: شاهنامه), a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE. Inspired by Shahname which is divided into three successive parts: the "mythical", "epic", and "historical" ages, each 3 volumes of the trilogy of Persians and I covers ...
Middle Persian literature is the corpus of written works composed in Middle Persian, that is, the Middle Iranian dialect of Persia proper, the region in the south-western corner of the Iranian plateau. Middle Persian was the prestige dialect during the era of Sasanian dynasty. It is the largest source of Zoroastrian literature.
Seen here is the last page of a Qabus-nameh manuscript located in the library of The Malik National Museum of Iran, dated 1349.. Qabus-nama or Qabus-nameh (variations: Qabusnamah, Qabousnameh, Ghabousnameh, or Ghaboosnameh, in Persian: کاووسنامه or قابوسنامه, "Book of Kavus"), Mirror of Princes, [1] is a major work of Persian literature, from the eleventh century (c ...
The Sharafnama (Kurdish: شەرەفنامە Şerefname, "The Book of Honor", Persian: Sharafname, شرفنامه) is a book written in 1597 by Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi (a medieval Kurdish historian and poet) (1543–1599) in Persian. [1] Sharafnama is regarded as an important, and the oldest, source on Kurdish history. [1]