Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Minimal Shahnameh
Download Minimal Shahnameh full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Minimal Shahnameh ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Book Synopsis Minimal Shahnameh by : Jabbar Farshbaf
Download or read book Minimal Shahnameh written by Jabbar Farshbaf and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When speaking of the Persian Shahnameh, everyone remembers Ferdowsi's epic mythic poem collection. In Minimal Shahnameh, the reader can imagine him- or herself standing in a room, observing paintings that portray the scenes of stories from Shahnameh. The voice of the storyteller can be heard. He narrates the myths of thousands of years ago with a simple and contemporary tone. No old expression and not a difficult word is heard. It's a fancy trip to the ancient time; it's an old scheme with new style. The first feature of this book is summarizing the entire Shahnameh and writing simply in two languages English/Farsi while considering the main structure of Shahnameh. Decorative foliage and difficult literary terms are excluded in the stories. Narrating the stories in pictorial form is another feature of this book. This collection can be used as a good education source for learners who are not familiar with Shahnameh. It's the easiest way to learn about the main text without reading it for those who are interested in the book but are short on time. Linking images with the written content can help readers of any level review the short texts in less time while enjoying the vivid scenes of the stories and experiencing their epic, mythical atmosphere.
Book Synopsis The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp by : Sheila Canby
Download or read book The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp written by Sheila Canby and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The publication of this book commemorates the one thousandth anniversary of the completion of the Shahnama, the Persian national epic, which was written down in more than 50,000 couplets by the poet Firdausi. It also celebrates the most lavishly illustrated version of this text, a manuscript produced for the Safavid Shah Tahmasp, who ruled Iran from 1524 to 1576"--Director's Foreword, p. 7.
Download or read book Shahnameh written by Elizabeth Laird and published by Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shahnameh is a collection of stories and myths from ancient Iran, filled with kings, heroes, princesses, magical animals and demons. Written as an epic poem by the poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century, it is one of the great classics of Persian literature. The tales include the Simurgh, the giant bird who brings up an orphaned king in her nest on a craggy rock, wicked King Zahhak with his man-eating snakes, and above all the story of the great hero Rustam and his son Sohrab.Elizabeth Laird is passionate about bringing this great epic poem to the children of western cultures, as well as retelling it for Iranian children living in the West.
Book Synopsis A King's Book of Kings by : Stuart Cary Welch
Download or read book A King's Book of Kings written by Stuart Cary Welch and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1972 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia by : Firdausi
Download or read book The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia written by Firdausi and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia Firdausi - The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (The Shahnameh) is an epic poem by the Persian poet Firdausi, written between 966 and 1010 AD. Telling the past of the Persian empire, using a mix of the mythical and historical, it is regarded as a literary masterpiece. Not only important to the Persian culture, it is also important to modern day followers of the Zoroastrianism religion. It is said that the poem was Firdausi's efforts to preserve the memory of Persia's golden days, following the fall of the Sassanid empire. The poem contains, among others, mentions of the romance of Zal and Rudba, Alexander the Great, the wars with Afrsyb, and the romance of Bijan and Manijeh.
Download or read book Shahnameh written by Abolqasem Ferdowsi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition A Penguin Classic Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among the greatest works of world literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Book Synopsis The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran by : Ali M. Ansari
Download or read book The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran written by Ali M. Ansari and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length study of Iranian nationalism in nearly five decades, this sophisticated and challenging book by the distinguished historian Ali M. Ansari explores the idea of nationalism in the creation of modern Iran. It does so by considering the broader developments in national ideologies that took place following the emergence of the European Enlightenment and showing how these ideas were adopted by a non-European state. Ansari charts a course through twentieth-century Iran, analysing the growth of nationalistic ideas and their impact on the state and demonstrating the connections between historiographical and political developments. In so doing, he shows how Iran's different regimes manipulated ideologies of nationalism and collective historical memory to suit their own ends. Drawing on hitherto untapped sources, the book concludes that it was the revolutionary developments and changes that occurred during the first half of the twentieth century that paved the way for later radicalisation.
Book Synopsis The Tragedy of Sohráb and Rostám by : Firdawsī
Download or read book The Tragedy of Sohráb and Rostám written by Firdawsī and published by UBS Publishers' Distributors. This book was released on 1996 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Persian classic known as the Shahname, or Book of Kings, completed in the eleventh century A.D. by the poet Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi, describes the pre-Islamic history of Persia from mythological times down to the invasion of the armies of Islam in the mid-seventh century A.D. From this long saga, Jerome W. Clinton has translated into English blank verse the most famous episode, the tragic story of Sohrab and Rostam. In this new edition, Clinton has revised and corrected his translation to make it more fluent and idiomatic, capturing more closely the narrative power of the original poem. The Persian text appears on facing pages.
Book Synopsis Iran's Troubled Modernity by : Ali Mirsepassi
Download or read book Iran's Troubled Modernity written by Ali Mirsepassi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirsepassi uses interviews with thirteen individuals to relate the colourful life and times of Ahmad Fardid and his intellectual legacy.
Book Synopsis Layli and Majnun by : Nezami Ganjavi
Download or read book Layli and Majnun written by Nezami Ganjavi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translation A Penguin Classic The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inventiveness, and dramatic force, Layli and Majnun tells of star-crossed lovers whose union is tragically thwarted by their families and whose passion continues to ripple out across the centuries. Theirs is a love that lasts a lifetime, and in Nezami's immortal telling, erotic longing blends with spiritual self-denial in an allegory of Sufi aspiration, as the amenities of civilization give way to the elemental wilderness, desire is sublimated into a mystical renunciation of the physical world, and the soul confronts its essence. This is a tour de force of Persian literature, in a translation that captures the extraordinary power and virtuosity of the original.
Book Synopsis דר אמדי בר דסתור זבאן פארסי by : Wheeler McIntosh Thackston
Download or read book דר אמדי בר דסתור זבאן פארסי written by Wheeler McIntosh Thackston and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Khwadāynāmag The Middle Persian Book of Kings by : Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila
Download or read book Khwadāynāmag The Middle Persian Book of Kings written by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Khwadāynāmag. The Middle Persian Book of Kings Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila analyses the lost sixth-century historiographical work of the Sasanians, its lost Arabic translations, and the sources of Firdawsī's Shāhnāme.
Book Synopsis Shahnama Studies III by : Gabrielle R. van den Berg
Download or read book Shahnama Studies III written by Gabrielle R. van den Berg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shahnama Studies III focuses on the hugely successful afterlife of the Shahnama or Book of Kings, completed by the poet Firdausi around 1010 AD. This long epic grew out to be an icon of Persian culture and served as a source of inspiration for art and literature, leaving its traces in manifold ways. The contributors to this volume each treat an aspect of the rich legacy of the Shahnama and offer new insights in Shahnama manuscript studies, the illustration of the Shahnama, the phenomenon of later epics, and the Shahnama in later texts and contexts.
Book Synopsis From Ancient Persia to Contemporary Iran by : Reza Ladjevardian
Download or read book From Ancient Persia to Contemporary Iran written by Reza Ladjevardian and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If what follows can smooth the path of any pupil or teacher in the difficult and arduous task of clambering out of the pit that we have dug for ourselves and which has been, and is being dug for us, I shall be well satisfied. As, however, the ideas contained in the pages that follow arise from the truth of experience in learning and teaching this most important of techniques, they can have universal application. It is open to any one to find the meanings contained therein. I would also like to say that I speak for myself. Different people interpret Alexander differently and I lay no claim to speak the only truth. From the Preface. Patrick Macdonald's book comprises his Notebook Jottings (teaching notes and aphorisms); five chapters on learning and teaching the Technique; and an index which enables easy access to subjects such as direction and movement, inhibition and tension.
Book Synopsis The Phoenix of Persia by : Sally Pomme Clayton
Download or read book The Phoenix of Persia written by Sally Pomme Clayton and published by Tiny Owl Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a bustling marketplace in Iran, a traditional storyteller regales her audience with the tale of Prince Zal and the Simorgh. High up on the Mountain of Gems lives the Simorgh, a wise phoenix whose flapping wings disperse the seeds of life across the world. When King Sam commands that his long-awaited newborn son Zal be abandoned because of his white hair, the Simorgh adopts the baby and raises him alongside her own chicks and teaches him everything she knows. But when the king comes to regret his actions, Prince Zal will learn that the most important lesson of all is forgiveness. In this special edition, the story has been set to music, with each instrument representing a different character. You can download music composed by Amir Eslami (ney), Nilufar Habibian (qanun), Saeid Kord Mafi (santur), and Arash Moradi (tanbur). The music accompanies Sally Pomme Clayton's stunning narration of this classic tale from the Shahnameh.
Download or read book Epic Iran written by John Curtis and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning introduction to the material culture of some of the great civilizations of Asia Iran was the home of some of the greatest civilizations of both the ancient and medieval worlds, but these achievements remain poorly known and largely misunderstood outside the country. Epic Iran tells the story of Iran from pre-Islamic through modern times and provides an opportunity to see pieces from key museum and private collections. This book combines the ancient and Islamic periods and continues the narrative into the contemporary world. It shows how civilized life emerged in Iran around 3,200 BC and how a distinctive Iranian identity formed 2,500 years ago has survived until today, expressed in the Persian language and in religious affiliations. Lavishly illustrated, some 250 images showcase pieces including goldwork, ceramics, glass, illustrated manuscripts, textiles, carpets, oil paintings, drawings, and photographs. Alongside the historical sweep are examples from contemporary artists and makers, demonstrating the rich antecedents still influencing some modern-day practitioners.
Book Synopsis Women in the Shahnameh by : Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh
Download or read book Women in the Shahnameh written by Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
