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Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was to capture the imagination of
his contemporaries and future generations. His image abounds in
various cultures and literatures - Eastern and Western - and spread
around the globe through oral and literary media at an astonishing
rate during late antiquity and the early Islamic period. The first
Iskandarnama, or 'The Book of Alexander', now held in a private
collection in Tehran, is the oldest prose version of the Alexander
romance in the Persian tradition. Thought to have been written at
some point between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries by an
unknown author, the lively narrative recasts Alexander as Iskandar,
a Muslim champion - a king and prophet, albeit flawed but heroic,
and remarkably appropriated to Islam, though the historic Alexander
lived and died some 1,000 years before the birth of the faith. This
new English translation of the under-studied text is the first to
be presented unabridged and sheds fresh light onto the shape and
structure of this vital document.In so doing it invites a
reconsideration of the transformation of a Western historical
figure - and one-time mortal enemy of Persia - into a legendary
hero adopted by Iranian historiographic myth-making. Evangelos
Venetis, the translator, also offers a textual analysis, providing
much-needed context and explanations on both content and subsequent
reception. This landmark publication will be invaluable to students
and scholars of classical Persian literature, ancient and medieval
history and Middle East studies, as well as to anyone studying the
Alexander tradition.
Firdaws preserved the pre-Islamic tradition of stories of Iranian
Kings to the present. His work is the archetype of Persian
language, influencing overwhelmingly the formation of Persian
literature. The creation of the Sh hn ma influenced the
storytelling tradition in Iran, for it shaped systematically the
preexisting repertoire of Iranian storytellers. This book focuses
on various aspects of the Book of Kings: the historical background
of the creation of the Sh hn ma; its tradition from the Ghaznavid
period to the 20th century; the concepts of Islam and nationalism
which are of fundamental importance for understanding storytelling
in modern Iran; the social aspects of storytelling in modern Iran;
and the modern and traditional aspects of the art of storytelling
performance.
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