pearl of crystal egg.
-Persian poet + historian Abou'l Qarim Firdousi
(c. 941-1020)
-Impact of Chinese art on Iranian prining as a result
of the Mongl conquest.
Eskander In Persian - (Alexander the Great)
Dana (Darius Codomanur) Darius III
Rustam - the great epic hero of Iran - his son - Faramarz
Shah-nameh a considerable portion describes battles wither between indicidual
heros or between opposing armies + as a consequence many
illust/ of the work have battles as a theme.
- who displayed exceptional bravery + strencht in 7 labors
- always distinguished by his tiger-skin coat + his leopard
head cap. (red beard)
Firdawsi was born in Tus. His family were rich land owners,
+ he lived most of his life on his estates The poem was
begun by Daqiqi + when he died, Firdawsi took up his work,
incorporated + acknowledged 1000 of his finished lines + spent
25 years completing it. Firdawsi deliberately tried to use
Persian works + avoid the Arabic vocabulary which had already
flooded his native tongue. The Shah-nameh is decidely
not an Islamic work, although the general theme of the
warfare between the disandants of Iraj (the Persians) +
Tur (the Turks) had a very contemporary meaning.
The major source for the poem seems to have been an
old Pahlavi history of the early kings.
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