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Rostam: tales of love & war from Persia's Book of kings

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Field name	Details
ISBN	1933823119 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781933823119 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Author	Firdawsī
Uniform Title	Shāhnāmah.. English. Selections
Title	Rostam : tales of love & war from Persia's Book of kings / by Abolqasem Ferdowsi ; translated and introduced by Dick Davis
Edition	1st hardcover ed.
Publisher	Washington, DC : Mage Publishers, 2007
Physical desc.	xxv, 291, [3] p. ; ill. (b&w) ; 19 cm.
Note	Selections from Firdawsi's Shahnameh
Bibliography etc.	Includes index
Contents	Introduction -- The tale of Sam and the Simorgh -- The love of Zal and Rudabeh -- The birth of Rostam -- Rostam and his horse Rakhsh -- Summary of the war between Nozar and Afrasyab -- Rostam and Kay Qobad -- Kay Kavus’s war against the demons of Mazanderan -- The seven trials of Rostam -- The king of Hamaveran, and his daughter Sudabeh -- The tragedy of Sohrab -- Summary of the story of Seyavash -- The Akvan Div -- Summary of the story of Bizhan and Manizheh -- Rostam rescues Bizhan -- Rostam and Esfandyar -- The death of Rostam.
Language Note	Translated from Persian
Person as subject	Firdawsi -- Shahnamah
Subject	Shahnama
	Persian literature
	Epic literature, Persian
	Epic literature, Iranian
Added name(s)	Davis, Dick 1945-

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