The Shahnameh Volume III - Ferdowsi, Hakim Abul-Ghassem; Cohanim, Josiane
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THE SHAHNAMEH was completed in the year 1010 by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. A monumental undertaking encompassing ancient myths, legends, and history, it is one of Iran's most cherished works of literature. Volume III opens with the battle of eleven Iranian heroes and their Tooranian counterparts during the reign of Kay Khosrow. Kay Khosrow completes his mission to kill Tooran's evil king, Afraasiyaab, and nominates a new King of Iran, Lohraasp. The attention shifts eastward toward the land of Rum. We witness the relationships between the Caesars and the rulers of Iran. We witness the fight…mehr

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THE SHAHNAMEH was completed in the year 1010 by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. A monumental undertaking encompassing ancient myths, legends, and history, it is one of Iran's most cherished works of literature. Volume III opens with the battle of eleven Iranian heroes and their Tooranian counterparts during the reign of Kay Khosrow. Kay Khosrow completes his mission to kill Tooran's evil king, Afraasiyaab, and nominates a new King of Iran, Lohraasp. The attention shifts eastward toward the land of Rum. We witness the relationships between the Caesars and the rulers of Iran. We witness the fight between Esfandiar and Rostam. Soon after, Rostam, our hero and protagonist of the first three volumes, dies at the hands of his own brother, Shaghaad. This volume concludes with the reign of Eskandar, an adaptation of the life of Alexander the Great and his invasion and occupation of the Persian Empire. In his long poem, Ferdowsi spends a not insignificant amount of time with questions on human existence and destiny. He advises us to guard ourselves against greed and corruption, and to follow the path of truth, wisdom, and generosity.
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The Iranian poet Ferdowsi (940-1020) was born into a family of landowners near the city of Tous, in northwestern Iran. His epic poem, The Shahnameh, is one of the most important works of Persian literature. It is a collection of myths, legends, and history that begins with the story of creation, covers the various Persian dynasties, and ends with the Arab conquest of Iran. With the death of King Yazdegerd, the last Sassanian king, the caliphate "brings a new religion and replaces the throne with the pulpit." Ferdowsi spent thirty years composing The Shahnameh. One of his incentives was clearly the preservation of the past: Iran's myths, history, and language. He gathered centuries-old myths and legends handed down through oral and written traditions. There were early prose writings and, most notably, one thousand verses written by the poet Daghighi. Ferdowsi adapted Daghighi's lines into his 50,000 well-crafted and lyrical couplets. In the end, he handed his final manuscript to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni (999-1030), who is said to have failed to pay him appropriately. In the process of recording ancient myths, Ferdowsi reveals an even greater incentive: the importance of the spoken and the written word and the precious value of words of wisdom. His poetic language is most effective in communicating the complexities of the human mystical journey in varying layers of depth through characters, battles, actions, and unfolding stories.