Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero : Texts and Traditions of the Farāmarznāme and the Persian Epic Cycle.

Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero : Texts and Traditions of the Farāmarznāme and the Persian Epic Cycle.

In Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the manuscripts, storylines and main themes of the shorter and the longer Farāmarznāme (c. 1100), in relation to Ferdowsi's Shāhnāme and several other later maṡnawis about the warriors from Sistān (the Persian Epic Cycle). Farāmarz,...

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Main Author: Zutphen, Marjolijn Van.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2014.

Series: Studies in Persian Cultural History 6.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

Subjects:

Persian literature.
Civilization.
Iran.
Electronic books.

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Call Number: PK6420.E65 Z88 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The History of the Kings, the Sistāni Cycle, and the Manuscript Tradition
  • 2 The Persian Epic Cycle
  • 3 The Sistāni Dynasty in Ferdowsi's Shāhnāme
  • 4 Farāmarz's Role in Six Later Epics
  • 5 Farāmarz and the Sistāni Dynasty in Six Histories and an Encyclopaedia
  • 6 Texts of the Farāmarznāme
  • 7 The Shorter Farāmarznāme
  • 8 The Longer Farāmarznāme
  • Conclusion. Farāmarz, the Hero
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.