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The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

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The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi - Robinson, B. W.
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The Shahnama, written in the tenth century by Firdawsi, is the national epic poem of Persia. It chronicles at great length (nine volumes in the full English translation, currently out of print) the reigns and deeds of the earliest Persian kings, over fifty of them, in four dynasties - the Pishdadians, Kayanians, Ashkanians, and Sasanians. This book, illustrated with early Persian paintings which depict the deeds described, presents in easily accessible language a summary and re-telling of the Shahnama. It covers the entire ...

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The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi 2015, Routledge, London

ISBN-13: 9781138879027

Paperback

The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi 2002, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780700716180

Hardcover