Khwadāynāmag : the Middle Persian Book of kings /

Khwada¿¿yna¿¿mag. The Middle Persian Book of Kings by Jaakko Ha¿meen-Anttila analyses the lost sixth-century historiographical work of the Sasanians, drawing on a large number of Middle Persian, Greek, Arabic, and Classical Persian sources. The Khwada¿¿yna¿¿mag is often conceived of as a large book...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hameen-Anttila, Jaakko (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2018]
Series:	Studies in Persian cultural history ; 14.
Subjects:	Khwadāynāmag. Pahlavi literature > History and criticism. Sassanids > Historiography. Sassanids > History > Sources. Littérature pehlevie > Histoire et critique. Sassanides > Historiographie. Sassanides > Histoire > Sources. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Pahlavi literature. Sassanids. HISTORY / Social History Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Sources.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. The Khwadāynāmag and its context
2. Transmitting materials over a linguistic border
3. Arabic translations of the Khwadāynāmag
4. Classical Persian Shahnames
5. Two case studies
6. Back to the Khwadāynāmag
7. Translations of the key texts concerning the Khwadāynāmag
Bibliography
Indices.