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

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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Call Number: DS271.5 .G39 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Historical Context
  • 2 The Appropriation of an Avestan Hero and the Birth of the House of Rostam
  • 3 The Zenith of Suren Power
  • 4 The Downtrodden Sistani Heroes
  • 5 The Polemics of Making Heroes and Anti-Heroes
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Figures
  • Bibliography
  • Index.