Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Simurgh, also spelled simorgh, simurg, simoorg or simourv, also known as Angha, is the modern Persian name for a benevolent, mythical flying creature. The figure can be found in all periods of Greater Iranian art and literature, and is evident also in the historical places of medieval Azerbaijan, the Byzantine empire, and other regions that were within the sphere of Persian cultural influence. The name simurgh derives from Middle Persian Pahlavi s nmurw, also attested in Middle Persian P zand as s na-mr .