Khwadāynāmag the Middle Persian Book of Kings
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Now available in Open Access thanks to the support of the University of Helsinki. Khwadāynāmag. The Middle Persian Book of Kings by Jaakko H?meen-Anttila analyses the lost sixth-century historiographical work of the Sasanians, drawing on a large number of Middle Persian, Greek, Arabic, and Classical Persian sources.
The Khwadāynāmag is often conceived of as a large book of stories, comparable to Firdawsī's Shāhnāme, but H?meen-Anttila convincingly shows that it was a concise and dry chronicle. He also studies the lost Arabic translations of the book, which turn out to be fewer than hitherto thought, as well as the sources of Firdawsī's Shāhnāme, showing that the latter was only remotely related to the Khwadāynāmag. It also becomes clear that there were no separate "priestly" and "royal" Khwadāynāmags.
The Khwadāynāmag is often conceived of as a large book of stories, comparable to Firdawsī's Shāhnāme, but H?meen-Anttila convincingly shows that it was a concise and dry chronicle. He also studies the lost Arabic translations of the book, which turn out to be fewer than hitherto thought, as well as the sources of Firdawsī's Shāhnāme, showing that the latter was only remotely related to the Khwadāynāmag. It also becomes clear that there were no separate "priestly" and "royal" Khwadāynāmags.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:900436546X
ISBN13:9789004365469
Release Date:April 2018
Publisher:Brill
Length:294 Pages
Weight:1.19 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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