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The first complete English translation of this vital Persian text.

Alexander the Great is the glorious hero of numerous legends in different eras and cultures. Iranians saw their glorious ancient empire conquered by Alexander and in Islamic times the Iranian view of Alexander turned Alexander to a glorious Muslim champion-a king and prophet, the ideal champion who came to personify the Iranian worldview on various themes, such as love and fate. The image of Muslim Alexander in the Iranian literary and popular...

Firdawsi preserved the pre-Islamic tradition of stories of Iranian Kings to the present. His work is the archetype of Persian language, influencing overwhelmingly the formation of Persian literature. The creation of the Shahnama influenced the storytelling tradition in Iran, for it shaped systematically the preexisting repertoire of Iranian storytellers. This book focuses on various aspects of the Book of Kings: the historical background of th...