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Literature

From Ferdowsi to the modern novel.

  • Ferdowsi

    The Shahnameh, completed 1010

  • Rumi

    The Masnavi

  • Saadi

    Gulistan and Bustan

  • Hafez

    The Divan

  • Omar Khayyam

    Quatrains

  • Nezami

    The Khamseh

  • Sadegh Hedayat

    The Blind Owl

  • Forough Farrokhzad

    Modern poetry

  • Ahmad Shamlou

    Modern poetry

  • Simin Daneshvar

    Savushun

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	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/heritage/literature/},
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  1. Olga Merck Davidson (2023). The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. Routledge eBooks. DOI 10.4324/9781315124216-10
  2. Arash Rasti Meymandi, Zahra Hosseini, Sina Davari et al. (2024). Opportunities for Persian Digital Humanities Research with Artificial Intelligence Language Models; Case Study: Forough Farrokhzad. arXiv. DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2405.06760
  3. Gurgen Melikyan (2025). Ferdowsi and the "Shahnameh" in Armenian Culture and Literature. YSU Publishing House. DOI 10.46991/ysuph/9785808427433
  4. Juliette Pinçon (2020). Les éditions lithographiées indiennes et persanes du Shahnameh de Ferdowsi. Le Carreau de la BULAC. DOI 10.58079/m5of
  5. Collective Work (2024). [IO Islamic 902] Persian Poetry. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.11112952

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  1. The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi

    Olga Merck Davidson · 2023 · Routledge eBooks

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  2. Opportunities for Persian Digital Humanities Research with Artificial Intelligence Language Models; Case Study: Forough Farrokhzad

    Arash Rasti Meymandi, Zahra Hosseini, Sina Davari et al. · 2024 · arXiv

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  3. Ferdowsi and the "Shahnameh" in Armenian Culture and Literature

    Gurgen Melikyan · 2025 · YSU Publishing House

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  4. Les éditions lithographiées indiennes et persanes du Shahnameh de Ferdowsi

    Juliette Pinçon · 2020 · Le Carreau de la BULAC

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  5. [IO Islamic 902] Persian Poetry

    Collective Work · 2024 · Zenodo

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  6. Epilogue: The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry

    Reza Taher-Kermani · 2020 · The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry

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  7. [IO Islamic 1319] Persian Poetry

    Anon · 2024 · Zenodo

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  8. Ferdowsi, the Shahnameh, and the Preservation of Iranian Identity: Iran’s Cultural Shield in the Post-Islamic Era

    Sonia Nour · 2025 · Elsevier BV

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  9. Forough Farrokhzad and her "Rebirth"

    Anna Direkci · 2025 · Elsevier BV

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  10. Arabic-persian acculturation Acase study of the Translation of the book Persian poetry stages

    Professor Bassam Ali ALRababah · 2022 · The International Scientific Forum

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  11. Polysemic Function of Harp in Persian Poetry Based on Conceptual Metaphor Theory

    Narges Zaker Jafari · 2021 · مجله مطالعات ایرانی

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  12. Investigating the Presence and Characterizing of Women in Shahnameh Ferdowsi and Euripides Tragedies

    Khadijeh Oladi Ghakolaeidi, Reza Forsati Joybari, hossein Mansoorian Sorkhgaryeh · 2024 · JostarnamehJournal of comparative Literature Studies

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