Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings 1387940104, 9781387940103

The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature 9780231544948

Hamid Dabashi insightfully traces the history, authorship, poetic significance, complicated legacy, and enduring signifi

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The Kushnameh: The Persian Epic of Kush the Tusked 9780520385313

The first English translation of a strange and unusual Persian epic, this action-packed tale of an evil, monstrous king

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The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi 0700716181, 9780700716180

The Shahnama, written in the tenth century by Firdawsi, is the national epic poem of Persia. It chronicles at great leng

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The Epic of Kings- Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (Wisehouse Classics - The Authoritative Edition) 9176373878, 9789176373873

The Shahnameh, also transliterated as Shahnama ("The Book of Kings"), is a long epic poem written by the Persi

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In the Mirror of Persian Kings: The Origins of Perso-Islamic Courts and Empires in India 1108832318, 9781108832311

For a period of nearly eight hundred years, Perso-Islamic kingship was the source for the dominant social and cultural p

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Kings of the Yukon 9780316396684

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An Epic of the Gestapo

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The Epic of Gilgamesh 9781503621626

Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come

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Persian Origins: Early Judaeo-Persian and the Emergence of New Persian. Collected Papers of the Symposium, Göttingen 1999 3447047313

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In the Direction of the Persian Gulf: The Soviet Union and the Persian Gulf 0714630713, 9780714630717

This text analyzes the USSR's interest in the countries of the Persian Gulf. The book places such interest within t

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