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Author Gazerani, Saghi, author.

Title The Sistani cycle of epics and Iran's national history : on the margins of historiography / by Saghi Gazerani
Published Leiden : Brill, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in Persian cultural history ; 7
Studies in Persian cultural history ; 7.
Contents 1. The historical context -- 2. The appropriation of an Avestan hero and the birth of the House of Rostam -- 3. The zenith of Suren power -- 4. The downtrodden Sistani heroes -- 5. The polemics of making heroes and anti-heroes -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: The Sistani cycle of epics: stories and their manuscripts -- Appendix B: Narrations of Bahman's reign
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on November 19, 2015)
Subject Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah.
Rustam (Legendary character)
Rustam (Legendary character)
SUBJECT Shāhnāmah (Firdawsī) fast
Subject HISTORY -- Civilization.
Historiography
Iran -- History -- To 640 -- Historiography
Iran
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004282964
9004282963