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Iskandar-nāma, bakhsh-i Khatā / by Anonymous (Author) ; (Edited by) ʿAlī- Riḍā Ḏakāvatī Qarāgzulū.
اسکندرنامه : بخش ختا / منسوب به منوچهر خان حکيم ؛ به کوشش على رضا ذکاوتى قراگزلو.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ḥakīm, Manūchihr Khān.
- Series:
- Mīrās̲-i Maktūb ; Zabān va adabīyāt-i Fārsī ; 134. 37
- ميراث مکتوب ؛ زبان و ادبيات فارسى ؛ 134. 37
- Standardized Title:
- Iskandarnāmah. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Epic literature, Persian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- چاپ 1.
- Place of Publication:
- تهران : مرکز پژوهشى ميراث مکتوب، 2005.
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In Persian.
- Summary:
- The Persian Iskandar-nāma or Alexander romance is a collection of mostly legendary stories about Alexander the Great, whose core narrative goes back to a Greek account of his life and accomplishments, written between the third century BCE and the first century CE. In the Persian tradition, the work distinguishes itself from its Greek model in that Alexander is described as half-Persian and half-Greek, and also in that he is often identified with the prophet Dhu ʼl-Qarnayn mentioned in the Qurʾān, besides the introduction of all manner of local motifs and elements. There exist various versions of this romance in Persian, both in poetry and in prose, the oldest ones dating from the 4th/11th (Firdawsī, Shāh-nāma ) and 6th/12th (Ṭarsūsī, Dārāb-nāma ) centuries, respectively. The present work is one of seven chapters of a popular prose version in story-teller fashion dating from the Safavid era in which earlier, traditional themes are often overshadowed by elements introduced for entertainment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789004404717
- 9004404716
- OCLC:
- 1154015301
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004404717 DOI
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