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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
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hameen-Anttila, Jaakko (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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.
HISTORY > Social History.
Pahlavi literature.
Sassanids.
Social & cultural history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Sources.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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