Farsi Commentary on Shahnameh (Volume One): A Critical Edition with Line-by-Line Notes Edited by Mehri Behfar

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The present volume is the first book of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, meticulously prepared by Mehri Behfar, offering a new critical edition with line-by-line commentary on this enduring masterpiece. Behfar’s painstaking scholarship is evident in her detailed examination, annotation, and reconstruction of every verse, creating a comprehensive and authoritative resource for Shahnameh researchers at all academic levels. This volume covers the reigns and stories of Kayumars, Hushang, Tahmuras, Jamshid, Zahhak, and Fereydun, providing a thoroughly analyzed and critically edited text. The book includes essential scholarly tools such as tables of abbreviations, transcription guides, word indexes, etymologies, lists of Arabic, non-Iranian, and non-Arabic terms, as well as indexes of names, places, and verse references.