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Ferdowsi's Craft: How the Shahnameh Preserved Pre-Islamic Myths and Histories

Introduction Abu’l-Qasem Ferdowsi Tusi (c. 940–1020 CE) stands as one of the most monumental figures in Persian literature. His magnum opus, the Shahnameh (“Book of Kings”), is an epic poem of some 50,000 couplets that weaves together myth, legend, and history to tell the story of the Iranian people from creation…