Khwadāy-Nāmag
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Middle Persian prose text
Sasanian royal chronicle
historical chronicle
legendary chronicle
lost literary work
Khwadāy-Nāmag is a lost Middle Persian historical and legendary chronicle of the Sasanian kings that served as a key source for later Persian works such as Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Persian prose text
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Sasanian royal chronicle ⓘ historical chronicle ⓘ legendary chronicle ⓘ lost literary work ⓘ |
| approximateCompletionBefore | 7th century CE ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Sasanian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
historical accounts of Sasanian rulers
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legendary narratives ⓘ royal genealogies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Zoroastrian Iranian culture ⓘ |
| eraOfComposition | late Sasanian period ⓘ |
| extantForm | fragments and later adaptations ⓘ |
| function |
legitimation of Sasanian kingship
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preservation of Iranian national history ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
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legendary history ⓘ royal chronicle ⓘ |
| influenceArea |
Islamic-era Persian historiography
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Persian epic literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arabic historical works on Persian kings
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Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic-era Iranian national epic tradition ⓘ later New Persian chronicles ⓘ |
| language | Middle Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Middle Persian literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Iranian national history
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Sasanian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ history of the kings of Iran ⓘ |
| preservationState | no complete Middle Persian manuscript survives ⓘ |
| relatedTradition | Iranian national epic (Shahnameh tradition) ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Shahnameh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | authorship and exact contents are uncertain ⓘ |
| scriptOriginallyWrittenIn | Pahlavi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| survival | known only through later references and adaptations ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Sasanian period
NERFINISHED
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legendary pre-Islamic Iranian past ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Book of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleTransliterationVariant |
Khudāy-Nāmag
NERFINISHED
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Khwadāy-Nāmag NERFINISHED ⓘ Xwadāy-Nāmag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
Ferdowsi
NERFINISHED
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Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (through Arabic translation traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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