The reign of Rostam for 300 years, during which he overcomes seven heroic trials and many demons, marries Tahmina.The rule of Zahhak the evil Serpent King who is finally killed by the blacksmith.The reign of Jamshid for 700 hundred years.Opens with a cosmography and the creation of the world out of nothing. The epic can be roughly divided into three parts: the first part tells of the mythical creation of Persia and its earliest mythical past the second part tells of the legendary Kings and the heroes Rostam and Sohrab the third part blends historical fact with legend, telling of the semi-mythical adventures of actual historical Kings. The Shahname, literally meaning 'Book of Kings,' is structured according to the mythical and historical reign of 50 Persian Kings.
"The houses that are the dwelling of today will sink beneath shower and sunshine to decay but storm and rain shall never mar the palace that I have built with my poetry." Ferdowsi
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