The exhibition showcases artworks influenced by the Shahnameh, the epic masterpiece of Persian poet Ferdowsi, ISNA reported on Saturday. The exhibition will be running at the gallery, located in ...

"The Shahnameh created a formidable, unparalleled army – an army of words – that vanquished those who sought to fragment and destabilize Iran. No force could withstand this legion of countless ...

Long before HBO's wildly popular Game of Thrones was created, Iranians turned to the national literary epic 'Shahnameh" (The Book of Kings) for intriguing tales of knights, nobility and mystical ...

The Shahnameh, the world's longest epic by Ferdowsi, narrates Iran's ancient past. New translations are introducing its ...

Before the Islamic Revolution dimmed the Iranian literary imagination in 1979, and before an expanding Islam swept Iran into its Arab empire in the seventh century, there existed the rich and colorful ...

An illuminated folio from the most treasured manuscript of The Shahnameh, Persia’s Book of Kings, will reappear on October 26 alongside ornate texts and artifacts for Sotheby’s London’s latest ...

The organization asked Iran to provide details on its programs for the event in a letter sent to the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO in Tehran, general secretary of Iran’s Ferdowsi Foundation ...

Filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian's forthcoming illustrated tome will bring new, vivid life to the epic tales of the ancient Persian kings. There has been a long tradition of depicting the stories of ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the epic poem the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, the 'Book of Kings', which has been at the heart of Persian culture for the past thousand years. Show more Melvyn Bragg and ...

An epic poem written in the 11th Century helped save the Persian language, writes Joobin Bekhrad. To say that, by and large, we Iranians are proud of our ancient culture and the Persian language – ...