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  • Rostam: Tales of the Shahnameh is an interpretation of Persian (Iranian) legend in modern comic book format.

    Persian Pictorials – Rostam: Tales of the Shahnameh 2007

  • News at Eleven: Today, as a new generation of Iranians struggles to define itself in opposition to a widely reviled religious regime, the "Shahnameh" is re-emerging as the supreme expression of a cultural identity transcending all notions of politics or piety.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Rus Bowden 2006

  • The foundation of the exhibit is the Persian epic "Shahnameh," poet Ferdowsi's A.D. A.D. masterpiece.

    Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles 2010

  • The foundation of the exhibit is the Persian epic "Shahnameh," poet Ferdowsi's A.D. A.D. masterpiece.

    Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles 2010

  • Iran's national poet, the author of the epic "Shahnameh," has been cloaked around the neck and the wrist with a green shawl.

    Salon 2009

  • Firdowsi, of the "Shahnameh," who helped preserve Iran from Arab cultural and linguistic imperialism.

    Jihad Watch 2009

  • "Shahnameh," which recounts the whole history of Iran.

    Salon 2009

  • Iran's national poet, the author of the epic "Shahnameh," has been cloaked around the neck and the wrist with a green shawl.

    Salon 2009

  • What that difference might be, and to whom, I have no way of knowing, but I just don't think it is mere coincidence that the current unrest finds echoes in a story Iran has been telling itself about itself for centuries: the tale of Kaveh and Zahhak from the poem commonly referred to as Iran's national epic, Shahnameh (Book, or Epic, of the Kings), part of which I am in the process of translating.

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • Knowing stories from the Mahabharata, Shahnameh, King Dongmyeong -- now that's something solid you can hold on to.

    Dr. Ali Binazir: The Best Languages to Learn in College Dr. Ali Binazir 2011

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