Research Catalog

Title

Shahnameh : the epic of the Persian kings / [Abolqasem] Ferdowsi ; illustrations & design, Hamid Rahmanian ; translation & adaptation [to prose], Ahmad Sadri ; editorial director, Melissa Hibbard ; foreword by Sheila Canby.

Author

Sadri, Ahmad

Publication

New York : The Quantuck Lane Press, c2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Firdawsī.
• Rahmanian, Hamid, 1968-
• Canby, Sheila R.

Description

xvii, 570 p. : ill (chiefly col.), map; 32 cm.

Summary

A collection of stories and myths from ancient Iran filled with kings, heroes, princesses, magical animals, and demons. Written as an epic poem by the poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century and retold here in prose.

Alternative Title

Epic of the Persian kings

Subject

• Firdawsī. > Adaptations
• Epic literature, Iranian > Adaptations
• Legends > Iran
• Mythology, Iranian

Genre/Form

Adaptations

Note

• Issued in slipcase.
• "A project of Fictionville Studio"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The kings of yore: Kayumars to Zahhak -- A world divided: sons of Feraydun -- A love that triumphed: Zaul and Rudabeh -- A hero is born: Rostam -- The follies of a king: Kay Kavous -- A tragedy of errors: Rostam and Sohrab -- The martyred prince: Siavosh -- Return of the king: Kay Khosrow -- The wrong path: Forud -- The great war of nations: Iran besieged -- A curious foe: Akvaun the demon -- A perilous adventure: Bizhan and Manizheh -- The fall of a king: Afrasiab -- The thirst for the crown: Esfandiar -- The demise of the knightly house: death of Rostam.

ISBN

• 9781593720513 (cased : hbk.)
• 1593720513 (cased : hbk.)

LCCN

^^2012034354

OCLC

• 783159515
• SCSB-11962917

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library