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Until the discovery of the Persian Ê¿AlÄ«-nÄma, Ibn ḤusÄmâs KhawarÄn-nÄma (completed in 830/1427) was believed to be the oldest Persian epic poem involving the often wondrous exploits of Ê¿AlÄ« b. AbÄ« ṬÄlib and the beginnings of ShÄ«Ê¿ism. The KhawarÄn-nÄma takes its inspiration from FirdawsÄ«âs ShÄh-nÄma (completed in 400/1010), but then adapted to fit the ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« theme, with Ê¿AlÄ« and his companions often taking the place of Rustam and other heroes. With this facsimile edition of the Ê¿AlÄ«-nÄma we now have access to a much older poem on this subject. Composed by someone using the alias of RabÄ«Ê¿, it was completed in 482/1089 in KhurÄsÄn, most probably in or near the town of SabzawÄr, just seventy years after the completion of FirdawsÄ«âs ShÄh-nÄma. The text is important because long before others, it acknowledges the heroes of the ShÄh-nÄma, some of whom were actually written into the script.