The Sistani cycle of epics and Iran's national history : on the margins of historiography /

This work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics , both parts included in Ferdowsi's Shāhnāmeh and those appearing in separate manuscripts. It argues that the so-called "epic literature" of Iran constitutes a kind of historiography, encapsulating reflections of water...

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Main Author: Gazerani, Saghi.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2015]

Series: Studies in Persian Cultural History 7.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.

Subjects:

Firdawsī. > Shāhnāmah.

Rustam (Legendary character)

Iran > History > Historiography. > To 640.

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