Fiction Beast | Ferdowsi Shahnameh: A Genius of Persian literature @Fiction_Beast | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
the Persian book of kings or Shahnameh a narrative in verse, the longest poem by a single author, about 50,000 couplets or lines. Written 1000 years ago, it’s the most important work of Persian language and literature.In this video I will tell you ten things I love about Shahnameh.

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Rustam’s death
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Rustam
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shah tahmasep shahnameh
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great mongol shahnameh Bahram gor
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baysangor shahnameh
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