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Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings

"Composed by the poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi between 977 and 1010 CE, the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) is the monumental national epic of the Persian-speaking world. Spanning nearly 50,000 rhyming couplets, it chronicles the mythical and historical past of Iran from the creation of the world up to the Arab-Islamic conquest in the seventh century, preserving the Persian language and cultural identity through millennia of geopolitical transformation. Historical Context and Authorship To understand the magnitude of the Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings, one must examine the socio-political landscape of tenth-century Khorasan. During this era, the..."

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