Hasht-Bihisht
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The Hasht-Bihisht (lit. Eight Paradises) commonly refers to a Azali apologetic text which is particularly critical of the Bahá'í Faith - a religion that believed the Bábí messianic figure of He whom God shall make manifest has already appeared in Bahá'u'lláh. It is well cited by many polemic texts against the Bahá'í faith.
Two sons-in-law of Mirza Yahya Azal, namely, Shaykh Ahmad Ruhi and Mirza Aqa Khan Kirmani, are reputed to be the authors, and it was written before 1890[1].
There is another famous Hasht Bihisht written by Amir Khusro around 1302 AD. It is based upon an earlier epic poem, the Shahnameh written by Firdausi around 1010 AD and a later adaptation, the Haft Paykar by Nizami, written around 1197 AD. The Shahnameh is a very long work spanning many ages of Persian history. Khusro's Hasht Bihisht retells just a small portion of the life of Bahram V Gur and embellishes the original historical but glorified tales with other non-historical elements. Most famously, Khusro appears to be the first writer to have added The Three Princes of Serendip as characters and the story of the alleged camel theft and recovery as a plot element to the more traditional Bahram Gur stories.
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