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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in Persian cultural history ; v. 2
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Studies in Persian cultural history ; v. 2.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Contributors -- List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Charles Melville -- PART I. THE RECEPTION OF THE SHAHNAMA: LATER EPICS: Tracking the Shahnama Tradition in Medieval Persian Folk Prose / Julia Rubanovich -- Demons in the Persian Epic Cycle: The Div Shabrang in the Leiden Shabrangnama and in Shahnama Manuscripts / Gabrielle van den Berg -- Faramarz's Expedition to Qannuj and Khargah: Mutual Influences of the Shahnama and the Longer Faramarznama / Marjolijn van Zutphen -- The Influence of the Shahnama in the Extended Version of Arday Virafnama by Zartusht Bahram / Olga Yastrebova -- Picturing Evil: Images of Divs and the Reception of the Shahnama / Francesca Leoni -- PART II. THE SHAHNAMA IN NEIGHBOURING LANDS: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama Among the Ottomans / Jan Schmidt -- The Illustration of the Shahnama and the Art of the Book in Ottoman Turkey / Zeren Tanindi -- The Shahnama of Firdausi in the Lands of Rum / Lale Uluc -- -- Bahram's feat of hunting dexterity as illustrated in Firdausi's Shahnama, Nizami's Haft paikar and Amir Khusrau's Hasht bihisht / Adeela Qureshi -- The Samarqand Shahnamas in the Context of Dynastic Change / Karin Ruehrdanz -- PART III. MANUSCRIPT STUDIES: Mapping Illustrated Folios of Shahnama Manuscripts: The Concept and Its Uses / Farhad Mehran -- Shahnama Kings and Heroes in 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat Illustrated Manuscripts / Bilha Moor -- PART IV. ORAL TRADITIONS: FIELD REPORTS: Sistani legends about rustam and his descendants / Ivan Steblin-Kamensky -- The Oral Variant of the Story of Barzu Amongst the Tajiks of Boysun / Ravshan Rahmoni -- The Shahnama Oral Tradition in Contemporary Iran: The Cases of Firuzkuh and Khurasan / Evangelos Venetis -- General index. |
| Summary |
This volume explores different aspects of the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', both within Iran and in neighbouring lands. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah.
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Firdawsī. |
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Shāhnāmah (Firdawsī) |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Melville, C. P. (Charles Peter), 1951-
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Van den Berg, Gabrielle Rachel, 1967-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shahnama studies II. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004211278 (DLC) 2012003074 (OCoLC)755169579 |
| ISBN |
9789004228634 (electronic book) |
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9004228632 (electronic book) |
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9789004211278 |
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9004211276 |
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