"The Shahnameh" (The Epic of Kings) also transliterated as Shahnama 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 60,000 verses.
Hakim Abu ʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi (940–1020 CE), or Firdawsi, was a highly revered Persian poet and the author of the epic of Shahnameh (the Persian "Epic of Kings")
Translated by Helen Zimmern (1846-1934)
Table of contents
Table of contents The Shahs of Old Feridoun Zal Zal and Rudabeh Rustem The March into Mazinderan Kai Kaous Committeth More Follies Rustem and Sohrab Saiawush The Return of Kai Khosrau Firoud The Vengeance of Kai Khosrau Byzun and Manijeh The Defeat of Afrasiyab The Passing of Kai Khosrau Isfendiyar Rustem and Isfendiyar The Death of Rustem
Hakīm Abol-Ghāsem Ferdowsī Tūsī
The Epic of Kings
(1010 A.C.E.)
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Translated by Helen Zimmern (1846-1934)
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