Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Original writing title:
اسکندرنامه : : بخش ختا /
Original writing publisher:
تهران : : مرکز پژوهشى ميراث مکتوب،
ISBN:
9789004404717
Series Statement:
Persian E-Books Miras Maktoob 37
Uniform Title:
Iskandarnāmah (Selections)
Content:
The Persian Iskandar-nāma or Alexander romance is a collection of mostly legendary stories about Alexander the Great, whose core narrative goes back to a Greek account of his life and accomplishments, written between the third century BCE and the first century CE. In the Persian tradition, the work distinguishes itself from its Greek model in that Alexander is described as half-Persian and half-Greek, and also in that he is often identified with the prophet Dhu ʼl-Qarnayn mentioned in the Qurʾān, besides the introduction of all manner of local motifs and elements. There exist various versions of this romance in Persian, both in poetry and in prose, the oldest ones dating from the 4th/11th (Firdawsī, Shāh-nāma ) and 6th/12th (Ṭarsūsī, Dārāb-nāma ) centuries, respectively. The present work is one of seven chapters of a popular prose version in story-teller fashion dating from the Safavid era in which earlier, traditional themes are often overshadowed by elements introduced for entertainment
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]) and indexes
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In Persian
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Iskandar-nāma, bakhsh-i Khatā Leiden, Boston : BRILL, [2005] ISBN 9789648700121
Language:
Persian
DOI:
10.1163/9789004404717
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