Shahnama-e-Islam

E308121

Shahnama-e-Islam is an epic Urdu poetic work that narrates Islamic history and heroes in a grand, literary style.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shahnama-e-Islam canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic historical poem
Urdu epic poem
aim to inspire religious devotion
to popularize Islamic history through poetry
associatedReligion Sunni Islam
circulation printed books
recitation in gatherings
contains accounts of battles in Islamic history
moral lessons
praise of Islamic heroes
culturalContext South Asian Muslim literature
educationalRole teaching Islamic history through poetry
form multi-part poem
genre epic poetry
historicalScope from early Islam to later Islamic periods
inspiredBy Islamic historical tradition
intendedAudience Urdu-speaking Muslims
language Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
literaryDevice heroic imagery
moral exhortation
rhymed verse
literaryImportance important work of Urdu Islamic literature
literaryStyle grand narrative style
poetic
literaryTradition Urdu Islamic poetry
mainTheme Islamic heroes
Islamic history
medium written literature
narrativeForm verse
narrativePerspective religious and heroic
portrays Islamic prophets
Islamic scholars
Islamic warriors
Sahaba
regionOfInfluence South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
religiousContext Islam
religiousFunction devotional reading
didactic
subjectMatter biographical accounts of Islamic figures
early Islamic history
titleMeaning Book of Islam
usedIn educational contexts
religious gatherings
valueOrientation Islamic moral values
workType long narrative poem

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Hafeez Jalandhari wrote Shahnama-e-Islam