TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Khwadāynāmag : the Middle Persian Book of kings
T2  - Studies in Persian cultural history
A1  - Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko, 1963-2023, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
YR  - 2018
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5446673
AB  - Jaakko Hämeen-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 Khwadāynāmag is often conceived of as a large book of stories, comparable to Firdawsī's Shāhnāme, but Hämeen-Anttila convincingly shows that it was a concise and dry chronicle. He also studies the lost Arabic translations of the book, which turn out to be fewer than hitherto thought, as well as the sources of Firdawsī's Shāhnāme, showing that the latter was only remotely related to the Khwadāynāmag. It also becomes clear that there were no separate "priestly" and "royal" Khwadāynāmags.
NO  - This title is published in Open Access with the support of the University of Helsinki Library.
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NO  - Helda Open Books (rinnakkaisjulkaisut)
SN  - 978-90-04-27764-9 PDF
ER  -