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... Persian epic poet Fer- dowsi , in which the Persian national epic found its final and enduring form . Written for Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna , the Shāh - nāmeh is a poem of nearly 60,000 verses , mainly based on the Khvatay - namak , a ...
... Persian epic poet Fer- dowsi , in which the Persian national epic found its final and enduring form . Written for Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna , the Shāh - nāmeh is a poem of nearly 60,000 verses , mainly based on the Khvatay - namak , a ...
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... Persian historian , one of the greatest of 15th - century Iran . Little about his early life is known . As a young ... Persian Gulf . The Qawāsim , ruling dynasty of Sharjah , were the chief leaders of the Persian Gulf pi- rates from the ...
... Persian historian , one of the greatest of 15th - century Iran . Little about his early life is known . As a young ... Persian Gulf . The Qawāsim , ruling dynasty of Sharjah , were the chief leaders of the Persian Gulf pi- rates from the ...
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... Persian MS . 36 , fol . 36v ) By courtesy of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester The third phase of the school began in mid- 15th century when the Turkmen tribes took Shiraz . The Turkmen rulers admired Persian culture and ...
... Persian MS . 36 , fol . 36v ) By courtesy of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester The third phase of the school began in mid- 15th century when the Turkmen tribes took Shiraz . The Turkmen rulers admired Persian culture and ...
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