Shahnameh, The Book of Kings (Persian & English)

Shahnameh

The author of “Shahnameh” is Ferdowsi. The Shahnameh is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 “distichs” or couplets, the Shahnameh is one of the world’s longest epic poems. Shahnameh is the most famous poem of Ferdowsi and one of the greatest writings of ancient Persian literature. Ferdowsi from an early age, became interested in reading stories and loved the history and information of Iran’s past. It was this interest in ancient stories that made him think of ordering the Shahnameh. According to him, he has been searching for this book for a long time, and after finding the original stories. Ferdowsi After finding the Original stories he has dedicated thirty years of his life to write the Shahnameh. If you are looking for Shahnameh Ferdowsi Poems in Farsi and English, this book can be a good choice.