Firdawsī

Firdausī

A stark and classic tragedy set against the exotic backdrop of a mythological Persia

From the Persian National Epic, the Shahname of Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi

The Tragedy of Sohráb and Rostám

Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi: Fathers and sons

"The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran--now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition --has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, adding more than seventy pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among the greatest works of world literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. --

The Persian Book of Kings

Shahnameh

Dick Davis

Firdawsi

The Legend of Seyavash comes from the middle section of the Shahnameh, Iran's national epic by the poet Ferdowsi (c940-c1020) and presents a world of warfare, military prowess, romance, guile, and fierce tribal loyalty. Ferdowsi's epic style and mastery of poetic organisation, however, is matched by the psychological and ethical depth of his insight and his concerns for the primal struggle between good and evil, and man's continual attempt to create justice and civilized order out of the chaos of human greed and cruelty. The Legend of Seyavash begins with the stuff of romance -- a foreign girl of royal blood, found as a fugitive and introduced into the king's harem, gives birth to a son, Seyavash, who is raised not by his father the king, but by the great hero Rostam. On Seyavash's return home Sudabeh, his stepmother, attempts to seduce him, and when he spurns her she accuses him of having attempted to rape her. He undergoes a trial by fire to prove his innocence, and goes on to battle successfully against Iran's rival, Turan, concluding a truce with the Turanian king, Afrasyab, on amicable terms. But Seyavash's father, Kavus, insists that Seyavash surrender the Turanian hostages to slaughter, and with a conflicted conscience and no one to turn to, Seyavash flees to the Turanian court, where he is first given safe harbour, but is once again abandoned. Dick Davis has made a masterful translation of the poem and written a penetrating introduction.

The Legend of Seyavash

An Heroic Poem, Containing the History of Persia from Kioomurs to Yesdejird

The Shah Nameh

Şerı̂fı̂ Şehnâme çevirisi

Le livre des rois

Editionem Parisiensem diligenter recognitam et emendatam lectionibus variis et additamentis editionis Calcuttensis auxit

كتاب شاهنامه

Containing the History of Persia from Kioomurs to Yesdejird, that Is, from the Earliest Times to the Conquest of that Empire by the Arabs

The Shah Nameh: an Heroic Poem

داستانهاى نامورنامۀ باستان شاهنامۀ فردوسى

‏فردوسى

Abu'l Q. Ferdowsi

This critical six-volume edition of the Shahnameh aims at establishing a text that will bring us closer than heretofore possible to the original of Ferdowsi's celebrated tenth century epic. Dr. Khaleghi-Motlagh has followed the text of the Florence manuscript as closely as possible. Two volumes are envisaged for explanatory notes and the arguments behind the editor's choices, bringing the total number of volumes to eight.

شاهنامه

‏شاهنامۀ فردوسي

az Shāhnāmah-ʼi Firdawsī

Dāstān-i Siyāvūsh

فردوسى

تصحيح انتقادى، مقدمۀ تحليلى، نکته‌هاى نويافته

شاهنامۀ فردوسى

The Shahnameh

Shāhnāmah-ʾi Ḥakīm Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī Ṭūsī

Firdawsī

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