New addition to the FID's stock: ‘Firdawsī und der autochthone Diskurs : autorenbezogene und textbezogene Untersuchungen zum Šāhnāmah’ from the series ‘Hallesche Beiträge zur Orientwissenschaft’

https://halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?q=id:1931797846&l=menasearch

#Ferdowsi #Shahnameh

#cyranodebergerac#shah#kingkai persian The Flying Throne of #KayKāvus was a legendary eagle-propelled craft built by Kay Kāvus, used for flying the king all the way to China.[3][4]

According to the #Shāhnāmeh, Kāvus had a flying craft made consisting of a throne to the corners of which were attached four long poles pointing upward. It was made of wood and gold and he attached specially trained eagles. Pieces of meat were

Saw an awesome live theatrical shadow puppetry production of a story from The Persian Book of Kings, and wrote a blog post about it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121359845

#Shahnameh #PersianBookOfKings #HamidRahmanian #SFF #Storytelling #LiveTheatre #Puppetry

Took me 2 months because of distractions, but I finally finished reading the #Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings by Ferdowsi. I had feared a long, dry read but was pleasantly surprised by the rich, colorful tales of ancient Persia, half fiction half history.

Were even a few women who kicked ass, which was a pleasant surprise, although (surprise surprise) many did end up in one king's harem or another only to be forgotten on the next page in favor of some new favorite wife. #Bookstodon #Books

Hunting on a Horseback with a Falcon in this #IndianMiniaturePainting is Iraj, the 7th Shah of Pishdadian Dynasty as per Avestan legends & on whom #Iran is so named and, made popular by the Persian Poet Ferdowsi in his 11th century epic #Shahnameh

#DidYouKnow this fact about the origin of Iran's name?

This c1775 CE #MughalArt from #Deccan #India was sold by Bonhams on March 20, 2024.

#IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Heritage #MastoArt #Artist #Histodons #Mughal #MughalEmpire