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ʿAlī-nāma : Manẓūma-ī kuhan / by Rabīʿ ; (Edited by) Riḍā Bayāt, Abū al-Faḍl Ghulāmī.
علی نامه (تصحیح) by سراینده ای متخلص به ربیع ; (Edited by) ابوالفضل غلامی/ رضا بیات.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rabīʿ, author.
- خدای من, author.
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Shiite poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Persian.
- Summary:
- Until the discovery of the Persian ʿAlī-nāma , Ibn Ḥusām's Khawarān-nāma (completed in 830/1427) was believed to be the oldest Persian epic poem involving the often wondrous exploits of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib and the beginnings of Shīʿism. The Khawarān-nāma takes its inspiration from Firdawsī's Shāh-nāma (completed in 400/1010), but then adapted to fit the Shīʿī theme, with ʿAlī and his companions often taking the place of Rustam and other heroes. With this edition of the ʿAlī-nāma we now have access to a much older poem on this subject. Composed by someone using the alias of Rabīʿ, it was completed in 482/1089 in Khurāsān, most probably in or near the town of Sabzawār, just seventy years after the completion of Firdawsī's Shāh-nāma . The text is important because long before others, it acknowledges the heroes of the Shāh-nāma , some of whom were actually written into the script.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-40513-5
- OCLC:
- 768336641
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004405134 DOI
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