Shah Nameh

Sháh Námeh by Hakīm Abol-Qāsem Firdawsī Ṭūsī, translated by James Atkinson

The Shâhnâmeh (Persian: شاهنامه Šāhnāmah - "The Book of Kings" or "The Epic of Kings"; alternative spellings are Shahnama, Shahnameh, Shahname, Shah-Nama, etc.) is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic of the Persian speaking world. The Shāhnāmeh tells the mythical and historical past of Iran from the creation of the world up until the Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century.— Excerpted from Shahnameh on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Shâhnameh

Shâhnameh

James Atkinson's Translation

• Introduction (by unknown author)
• Translator's Preface

Abridgment (Prose and Verse)

• Kaiúmers
• Húsheng
• Tahmúres
• Jemshíd
• Mirtás-Tází, and His Son Zohák
• The Story of Jemshíd Resumed
• Kavah, the Blacksmith
• Feridún
• Feridún and His Three Sons
• Minúchihr
• Zál, the Son of Sám
• The Dream of Sám
• Rúdábeh
• Death of Minúchihr
• Nauder
• Afrásiyáb Marches against Nauder
• Afrásiyáb
• Zau
• Garshásp
• Kai-Kobád
• Kai-Káús
• The Heft-Khan; or, Seven Labors of Rustem
• Invasion of Irán by Afrásiyáb
• The Return of Kai-Káús
• The Story of Sohráb
• The Story of Saiáwush
• Kai-Khosráu
• Akwán Díw
• The Story of Byzun and Maníjeh, the Daughter of Afrásiyáb
• Barzú, and His Conflict with Rustem
• Súsen the Sorceress, and Afrásiyáb
• The Expedition of Gúdarz against Afrásiyáb
• The Death of Afrásiyáb
• The Death of Kai-Khosráu
• Lohurásp
• Gushtásp, and the Faith of Zerdusht
• The Heft-Khan of Isfendiyár
• Capture of the Brazen Fortress and Death of Arjásp
• The Death of Isfendiyár
• The Death of Rustem
• Bahman
• Húmaí and the Birth of Dáráb
• Dáráb
• Dárá
• Sikander

Partial Verse Translation

• Firdausí's Invocation
• Firdausí's Satire on Mahmud
• The Story of Sohráb

This is a translation and has a separate copyright status from the original text. The license for the translation applies to this edition only.
Original:	This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
Translation:	This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.