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Shahnama Studies III
The Reception of the Shahnama
Series: - Studies in Persian Cultural History, Volume: 12
Shahnama Studies III focuses on the hugely successful afterlife of the Shahnama or Book of Kings, completed by the poet Firdausi around 1010 AD. This long epic grew out to be an icon of Persian culture and served as a source of inspiration for art and literature, leaving its traces in manifold ways. The contributors to this volume each treat an aspect of the rich legacy of the Shahnama and offer new insights in Shahnama manuscript studies, the illustration of the Shahnama, the phenomenon of later epics, and the Shahnama in later texts and contexts.
Gabrielle van den Berg, PhD (1997), University of Leiden, is Senior University Lecturer in the Cultural History of Central Asia and Iran. She has published on classical Persian literature and on the oral traditions of Central Asia.
Charles Melville, PhD (1978), University of Cambridge, is Professor of Persian History at Cambridge. He has published on the history of Iran from the Mongols to the Safavids, Persian historiography, and the Shahnama of Firdausi.
Contributors: Michele Bernardini, Tülün DeÄirmenci, Fatma Sinem Eryılmaz, Alyssa Gabbay, Charles Melville, Firuza Melville, Shiva Mihan, Raya Shani, Maria Szuppe, Gabrielle van den Berg, Christine van Ruymbeke, Marjolijn van Zutphen, Laura Weinstein, and Kumiko Yamamoto
Charles Melville, PhD (1978), University of Cambridge, is Professor of Persian History at Cambridge. He has published on the history of Iran from the Mongols to the Safavids, Persian historiography, and the Shahnama of Firdausi.
Contributors: Michele Bernardini, Tülün DeÄirmenci, Fatma Sinem Eryılmaz, Alyssa Gabbay, Charles Melville, Firuza Melville, Shiva Mihan, Raya Shani, Maria Szuppe, Gabrielle van den Berg, Christine van Ruymbeke, Marjolijn van Zutphen, Laura Weinstein, and Kumiko Yamamoto
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Contributors
Note on Citations of the Shahnama
Introduction
1 Banu Gushasp in the Shahnama: A Case Study of the British Library Ms. Or. 2926 and the Interpolated Banu Gushaspnama
âMarjolijn van Zutphen
2 The Demon Barkhiyas at the Well of Bizhan
âCharles Melville
3 Rustamâs Grandson in Central Asia: The Sistan Cycle Epics and the Shahnama Tradition
âGabrielle van den Berg
4 The Interplay of Oral and Written Traditions in Persian Epics: The Case of the Barzunama in the Haft Lashkar
âKumiko Yamamoto
5 A New manuscript of the ShahrIyArnAma attributed to Mukhtari of Ghazna from the collection of the Ancient India and Iran Trust
âMaria Szuppe
6 The Shahnama in Timurid Historiography
âMichele Bernardini
7 The Sulaiman-nama (Süleyman-name) as an Historical Source
âFatma Sinem Eryılmaz
8 A Storytellerâs Shahnama: Meddâh Medhî and His Åehnâme-iÌ Türkî
âTülün DerÄirmenci
9 The Shahnama Legacy in a Late 15th-Century Illustrated Copy of Ibn HusAmâs Khavaran-nama, the GulistAn Palace Library, Tehran, Ms. 5750
âRaya Shani
10 Persian Medieval rewriters between auctoritas and authorship: the Story of Khusrau and Shirin as a case-study
âChristine van Ruymbeke
11 Rebels, Virtuous Adorers And Successors: The Agentic Daughters of the Shahnama
âAlyssa Gabbay
12 Zahhak from Cambridge and Bahram Gur from Geneva: Two Unpublished lustre Tiles with Shahnama verses
âFiruza Melville
13 Illustration as Localization: A Dispersed bijapuri Manuscript of the shahnama
âLaura Weinstein
14 The Baysunghuri Manuscript in the Malek National Library
â
Shiva Mihan
General Index
Abbreviations
Contributors
Note on Citations of the Shahnama
Introduction
Part 1: The Reception of the Shahnama: Later Epics
1 Banu Gushasp in the Shahnama: A Case Study of the British Library Ms. Or. 2926 and the Interpolated Banu Gushaspnama
âMarjolijn van Zutphen
2 The Demon Barkhiyas at the Well of Bizhan
âCharles Melville
3 Rustamâs Grandson in Central Asia: The Sistan Cycle Epics and the Shahnama Tradition
âGabrielle van den Berg
4 The Interplay of Oral and Written Traditions in Persian Epics: The Case of the Barzunama in the Haft Lashkar
âKumiko Yamamoto
5 A New manuscript of the ShahrIyArnAma attributed to Mukhtari of Ghazna from the collection of the Ancient India and Iran Trust
âMaria Szuppe
Part 2: The Shahnama in Later Contexts
6 The Shahnama in Timurid Historiography
âMichele Bernardini
7 The Sulaiman-nama (Süleyman-name) as an Historical Source
âFatma Sinem Eryılmaz
8 A Storytellerâs Shahnama: Meddâh Medhî and His Åehnâme-iÌ Türkî
âTülün DerÄirmenci
9 The Shahnama Legacy in a Late 15th-Century Illustrated Copy of Ibn HusAmâs Khavaran-nama, the GulistAn Palace Library, Tehran, Ms. 5750
âRaya Shani
Part 3: Textual Studies
10 Persian Medieval rewriters between auctoritas and authorship: the Story of Khusrau and Shirin as a case-study
âChristine van Ruymbeke
11 Rebels, Virtuous Adorers And Successors: The Agentic Daughters of the Shahnama
âAlyssa Gabbay
Part 4: Art History and Manuscript Studies
12 Zahhak from Cambridge and Bahram Gur from Geneva: Two Unpublished lustre Tiles with Shahnama verses
âFiruza Melville
13 Illustration as Localization: A Dispersed bijapuri Manuscript of the shahnama
âLaura Weinstein
14 The Baysunghuri Manuscript in the Malek National Library
â
Shiva Mihan
General Index
All interested in classical Persian literature, Persian manuscript studies and art history, and anyone concerned with the reception of the Shahnama in Iran, India and the Ottoman Empire.