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Paperback Samak the Ayyar: A Tale of Ancient Persia Book

ISBN: 0231198795

ISBN13: 9780231198790

Samak the Ayyar: A Tale of Ancient Persia

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The adventures of Samak, a trickster-warrior hero of Persia's thousand-year-old oral storytelling tradition, are beloved in Iran. Samak is an ayyar, a warrior who comes from the common people and embodies the ideals of loyalty, selflessness, and honor--a figure that recalls samurai, ronin, and knights yet is distinctive to Persian legend. His exploits--set against an epic background of palace intrigue, battlefield heroics, and star-crossed...

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