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Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

Type Event Region Persia Time c. 977–1010

Around 1010 CE, the Persian poet Ferdowsi completed the epic Shahnameh in Khurasan, recounting Persian kings from antiquity to the fall of the Sasani…

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  1. c. 977–1000Tus · KhurasanAt the invitation of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna, Ferdowsi composed a dynastic epic in New Persian (Dari), drawing on earlier works such as the Shahanshnameh and oral traditions to begin a grand narrative spanning the mythic age to the Sasanian dynasty.
  2. 1010Tus · KhurasanFerdowsi completed the Shahnameh of roughly sixty thousand couplets, weaving the stories of heroes like Rostam and kings like Khosrow through Persian historical memory, establishing a model for New Persian literature and becoming a core text for later miniature painting and oral recitation.

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