The Persian Book of Kings: Ibrahim Sultan's Shahnama

by Charles Melville and Firuza Abdullaeva

India has the Mahabharata, Greece has Homer's epic cycle, and the national history of Iran is chronicled in Firdausi's epic poem The Book of Kings, or Shahnama. This lavishly illustrated study explores the intricate complexity of this epic as it is beautifully rendered in a rare fifteenth-century reproduction.
The Shahnama positions Iran at the heart of human civilization, and its sprawling and compelling narrative stretches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851243461
• ISBN13: 9781851243464
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 10.5"