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Shahnameh

Also known as Shahnama, Shahname, Book of Kings, King of Books, Shāhnāma, Shahnamah, Shah-Nameh, Shah-Nama

thumb|Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram V|Bahram Gur and Azadeh. The imagery on this plate represents the earliest known depiction of a well-known episode from the story of Bahram Gur, which seems to have been popular for centuries, but was only recorded in the Shahnameh, centuries after this plate was created. Iran, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

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The Shahnameh is a major Persian epic poem that preserves ancient Iranian stories and legends, including tales like that of Bahram Gur that were popular for centuries before being recorded in the text. It remains significant because it documents mythological and historical narratives that shaped Persian culture and continue to be depicted in art across centuries.

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Author: Ferdowsi
First published: 1993
Editions: 5
Subjects: POETRY / Middle Eastern, POETRY / Ancient, Classical & Medieval, POETRY / Epic, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Persian Epic poetry, Translations into English, Poetry, History

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Poem.name: Shahnameh
Poem.image: The Court of Gayumars (Cropped).jpg
Poem.caption: Court of Keyumars, 16th century miniature by Sultan Muhammad from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, Aga Khan Museum
Poem.author: Ferdowsi
Poem.original_title_lang: fa
Poem.written: 977–1010 CE
Poem.country: Iran
Poem.language: Classical Persian
Poem.subject: Persian mythology, history of Iran
Poem.genre: Epic poem
Poem.meter: Two rhyming couplets of 22 syllables in the same meter
Poem.publication_date: 1010
Poem.publication_date_en: 1832
Poem.media_type: Manuscript
Poem.lines: 50,000 depending on manuscript
Poem.wikisource: Shah Nameh

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Image: The Court of Gayumars (Cropped).jpg

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Commons gallery: شاهنامه
Commons category: Shahnameh
title: شاهنامه
first line: به نام خداوند جان و خرد کزین برتر اندیشه برنگذرد
inception: 1011-00-00

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Contents

Composition
Content
Mythical age
Heroic age
Historical age
Message
Influence on Persian language
Cultural influence
On Georgian identity
On Turkic identity
Legacy
Biographies
Poets
Persian historiography
Alexander legends
Illustrated copies
Modern editions
Scholarly editions
Arabic translation
English translations
Other languages
In popular culture
''Shahnameh-khani''
Adaptations
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
Persian text
Adaptations
External links

The Shahnameh, also romanized Shahnama (), is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couplets (two-line verses), the Shahnameh is one of the world's longest epic poems, and the longest epic poem created by a single author. It tells of the mainly mythical but to some extent historical past of Iran from the creation of the world until the Muslim conquest in the seventh century. Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the greater region influenced by Persian culture such as Armenia, Dagestan, Georgia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan celebrate this national epic.