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Persian
Persian epic and narrative in historical English witnesses: Ferdowsi through Zimmern's Shahnameh retelling and the manuscript-based Bakhtyār Nāma frame romance through Ouseley and Clouston.
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Texts
GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Persian shelf.Introduction to Persian LiteratureA source-conscious introduction to two historical English doorways into Persian literature: Helen Zimmern's selective Shahnameh retelling and the Ouseley-Clouston Bakhtyār Nāma frame romance.The Epic of Kings — Helen ZimmernA Good Works archival presentation of Helen Zimmern's 1883 English prose retelling of selected Shahnameh hero tales, here beginning with Feridoun and ending with the death of Rustem.