Shahnameh

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Shahnameh is an epic poem by Ferdowsi that recounts the mythological and historical past of Greater Iran and is considered one of the most important works of Persian literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf epic poem
literary work
author Ferdowsi
basedOn Khwaday-Namag
commissionedBy Mahmud of Ghazni
completionYear 1010 CE
countryOfOrigin Greater Iran
culturalSignificance cornerstone of Persian identity
major source of Persian mythology
national epic of Iran
dateWritten c. 977–1010 CE
dividedInto three main parts
featuresCharacter Alexander the Great
Esfandiyar
Fereydun
Jamshid
Kay Kavus
Kay Khosrow
Rostam
Sohrab
Zahhak
Zal
genre epic poetry
heroic literature
mythological narrative
hasTranslation English
French
German
Russian
many world languages
influenced Persian language standardization
Persian miniature painting
Persian storytelling traditions
literaryTradition Persian literature
mainTheme Iran–Turan conflicts
fate and kingship
legendary kings of Iran
mythological history of Iran
struggle between good and evil
metre motaqareb metre
narrativeScope creation of the world to the Arab conquest of Iran
numberOfVerses about 50000 distichs
originalLanguage Persian
part heroic age
historical age
mythological age
periodCovered Kayanian dynasty
historical Sasanian dynasty
legendary Pishdadian dynasty
placeOfComposition Tus
preserves Sasanian royal chronicles
pre-Islamic Iranian legends
structure rhymed couplets
UNESCORecognition Memory of the World Register
writingSystem Persian alphabet
linked to: Perso-Arabic script

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Persian language hasNotableWork Shahnameh
Ferdowsi notableWork Shahnameh
Shah Tahmasp I commissionedWork Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
linked to: Shahnameh
Persia notableEpic Shahnameh
Tus mentionedInWork Shahnameh
motaqareb metre famousForUseIn Shahnameh
motaqareb metre dominantMetreOf Shahnameh
motaqareb metre usedInWork Shahnameh
motaqareb metre hasCanonicalExample opening lines of the Shahnameh
linked to: Shahnameh
Rostam appearsIn Shahnameh
Rostam notableWork Seven Labors of Rostam
linked to: Shahnameh
Rostam notableEvent Seven Labors of Rostam
linked to: Shahnameh
Kay Kavus appearsIn Shahnameh
Kay Kavus associatedWith Seven Labors of Rostam
linked to: Shahnameh
Pishdadian dynasty describedIn Shahnameh
subject linked to: legendary Pishdadian dynasty
Persian culture notableWork Shahnameh
Tomb of Ferdowsi mainTheme Shahnameh
Ferdowsi Day honours Shahnameh
Sohrab appearsIn Shahnameh
Zal appearsIn Shahnameh
Jamshid appearsIn Shahnameh
Zahhak appearsIn Shahnameh
Khwaday-Namag influenced Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh
linked to: Shahnameh
Kay Khosrow appearsIn Shahnameh
Fereydun appearsIn Shahnameh
Fereydun sourceWork Shahnameh
Esfandiyar appearsIn Shahnameh
Ferdowsi notableWork Shahnameh
subject linked to: Abul-Qasim
Safavid art notableWork Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
linked to: Shahnameh
Mount Damavand mentionedIn Shahnameh
Iranian mythology hasSourceText Shahnameh
The Red-Haired Woman incorporatesMyth Shahnameh story of Rostam and Sohrab
linked to: Shahnameh
Baysunghur atelier notableWork Baysunghur Shahnameh
linked to: Shahnameh
Shah appearsInWork Shahnameh (Book of Kings)
linked to: Shahnameh