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Shahnameh

Epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi

Written 1000 CE
Also called Shahnama, Shahname, Book of Kings

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Unknown author · Public domain

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The family of Ardashir I

Founder of the Sassanid Empire (r. 224–242)

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Rostam and Sohrab
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Greater Iran Denotes a wide socio-cultural region comprising parts of West Asia, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia, all of which have been affected, to some degree, by the Iranian peoples and the Iranian languages

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