Shahnameh

E22449
epic poem literary work

Shahnameh is an epic poem by Ferdowsi that recounts the mythological and historical past of Greater Iran and is considered one of the most important works of Persian literature.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Shahnameh canonical 28
Seven Labors of Rostam 3
Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epic poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
author Ferdowsi ⓘ
basedOn Khwaday-Namag ⓘ
commissionedBy Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
completionYear 1010 CE ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greater Iran ⓘ
culturalSignificance cornerstone of Persian identity ⓘ
major source of Persian mythology ⓘ
national epic of Iran ⓘ
dateWritten c. 977–1010 CE ⓘ
dividedInto three main parts ⓘ
featuresCharacter Alexander the Great ⓘ
Esfandiyar ⓘ
Fereydun ⓘ
Jamshid ⓘ
Kay Kavus ⓘ
Kay Khosrow ⓘ
Rostam ⓘ
Sohrab ⓘ
Zahhak ⓘ
Zal ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
heroic literature ⓘ
mythological narrative ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
many world languages ⓘ
influenced Persian language standardization ⓘ
Persian miniature painting ⓘ
Persian storytelling traditions ⓘ
literaryTradition Persian literature ⓘ
mainTheme Iran–Turan conflicts ⓘ
fate and kingship ⓘ
legendary kings of Iran ⓘ
mythological history of Iran ⓘ
struggle between good and evil ⓘ
metre motaqareb metre ⓘ
narrativeScope creation of the world to the Arab conquest of Iran ⓘ
numberOfVerses about 50000 distichs ⓘ
originalLanguage Persian ⓘ
part heroic age ⓘ
historical age ⓘ
mythological age ⓘ
periodCovered legendary Pishdadian dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Kayanian dynasty

historical Sasanian dynasty ⓘ
legendary Pishdadian dynasty ⓘ
placeOfComposition Tus ⓘ
preserves Sasanian royal chronicles ⓘ
pre-Islamic Iranian legends ⓘ
structure rhymed couplets ⓘ
UNESCORecognition Memory of the World International Register ⓘ
surface form: Memory of the World Register
writingSystem Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Persian alphabet

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persian language → hasNotableWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
Ferdowsi → notableWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
Persian literature → hasNotableWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
Shah Tahmasp I → commissionedWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
Persia → notableEpic → Shahnameh ⓘ
Tus → mentionedInWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
motaqareb metre → famousForUseIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
motaqareb metre → dominantMetreOf → Shahnameh ⓘ
motaqareb metre → usedInWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
motaqareb metre → hasCanonicalExample → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: opening lines of the Shahnameh
Rostam → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Rostam → notableWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seven Labors of Rostam
Rostam → notableEvent → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seven Labors of Rostam
Kay Kavus → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Kay Kavus → associatedWith → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seven Labors of Rostam
Persian miniature painting → associatedText → Shahnameh ⓘ
legendary Pishdadian dynasty → describedIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
subject surface form: Pishdadian dynasty
Persian culture → notableWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
Tomb of Ferdowsi → mainTheme → Shahnameh ⓘ
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad → namedForWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
Ferdowsi Day → honours → Shahnameh ⓘ
Sohrab → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Zal → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Jamshid → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Zahhak → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Khwaday-Namag → influenced → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh
Kay Khosrow → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Fereydun → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Fereydun → sourceWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
Esfandiyar → appearsIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Abul-Qasim → notableWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
subject surface form: Ferdowsi
Safavid art → notableWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
Mount Damavand → mentionedIn → Shahnameh ⓘ
Iranian mythology → hasSourceText → Shahnameh ⓘ
The Red-Haired Woman → incorporatesMyth → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahnameh story of Rostam and Sohrab
Baysunghur atelier → notableWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baysunghur Shahnameh
Shah → appearsInWork → Shahnameh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahnameh (Book of Kings)
Persian art → importantTextualSource → Shahnameh ⓘ