abstract the shahnameh (the book of kings) is a long epic poem written by the iranian poet ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010. this literary masterpiece, which tells the mythical and somehow the historical past of the persian empire, was always been the center of attention of the royal courts, the governors, the cultural people, artists and especially the painters. this book is been more than any...

shahnameh and the history of bal’ami are great and important literary works in iranian culture. these two works have many similarities and embody the history of iran from its beginning up to the authors’ time. the researches show that the sources and references that ferdowsi and bal’ami consulted were different. ferdowsi consulted the prose shahnameh of abou mansouri and the oral narratives; wh...

shahnameh(iranian nation epic), has been imitated by many of the poets and drew attentions in many cases, from the beginning, which it can be claimed no other work along with the iranian literary history, has been imitated or has been summarized as far as shanameh. these imitated works and anthologies, as independent ms with titles such as: gozide, kholase, montakhab of shahanameh which have be...

magical medicine in shahnameh ferdowsi is briefly examined in the present paper. initially, the magical treatment in general will be explained following which the magical treatments mentioned in particular in the shahnameh will be dealt with. the phoenix is responsible for most of the incredible magical treatments prescribed in the shahnameh. the first part of the paper concerns with topics inc...

tarikh-e jahangosha is the most important work about kharazmshahian and the mongols. utilising imagery, rhetoric, abundant persian and arabic poems, quranic verses and traditions, and proverbs have caused the prose to resemble poetry, fading its historical goals. here, quoting verses from the mythological parts of shahnameh, rostam and sohrab stories (37verses), and rostam and esfandiar (26 ver...

the old, rich and popular tradition of verbal story telling by narrators has been prevalent among all indo-europeans, especially aryans who were living in the iranian plateau, in the eastern parts of iran and khorasan. this tradition of oral narration has kept fiction and also historical events and has transmitted them to us. the writer of this article tries to evaluate this tradition and analy...

This article reflects philosophical ideas in the Shahnameh poem. Analysis of teachings, study place knowledge philosophy, man and culture. Firdousi’s Shakhnoma memorably repeated history Persian kings, strengthened influence language as a literary medium, preserved Iran's ancient glory, its political ethics cultural identity.