Bahman Nama
The Bahman-nama (Persian: بهمن نامه) is a Persian epic poem of 9500 Distichs (couplets)[1] about Bahman the son of Esfandiyar of the royal Kayanid dynasty. The earliest attestation of this work is in the book Mojmal al-tawarikh which gives the author as Hakim Īrānšāh b. Abi'l Khayr[2].
Manuscripts
References
- ^ W. L. Hanaway, Jr., "BAHMAN-NĀMA" in Encyclopaedia Iranica. [1]
- ^ The manuscript reads Iranshan however Bahar believes that this is scribal error and it should be Iranshah. Most scholars have followed his convention
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Ubayd Zakani · Salman Sawaji · Hatefi · Jami · Kamal Khujandi · Ahli Shirzi (1454–1535) · Fuzûlî (1483–1556) · Baba Faghani Shirzani
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Contemporary Persian and Classical Persian are the same language, but writers since 1900 are classified as contemporary. At one time, Persian was a common cultural language of much of the non-Arabic Islamic world. Today it is the official language of Iran, Tajikistan and one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. |
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