It’s not an echo of Kay Kavus from the Shahnameh making a flying throne?
January 26, 2026 at 4:52 PM
It’s not an echo of Kay Kavus from the Shahnameh making a flying throne?
Shahnameh, by Ferdowsi; poetry by Saadi, Rumi. Our culture is deeply embedded in kingdoms. Our folk stories told to children. Our thousands of years of kingdoms and creation of civilization.
January 26, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Shahnameh, by Ferdowsi; poetry by Saadi, Rumi. Our culture is deeply embedded in kingdoms. Our folk stories told to children. Our thousands of years of kingdoms and creation of civilization.
Every Iranian is Shahzadeh. Try reading some Iranian literature. Shahnameh is one of our most famous pieces of literature. Ever heard of it?
January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Every Iranian is Shahzadeh. Try reading some Iranian literature. Shahnameh is one of our most famous pieces of literature. Ever heard of it?
Eskandar (Alexander the Great) contemplates the Talking Tree from the epic poem 'The Shahnameh' by Ferdowsi.
Shiraz, Iran, c.1430 CE.
Illuminator : Nasr al-Soltani. Opaque watercolors, ink and gold on paper
Shiraz, Iran, c.1430 CE.
Illuminator : Nasr al-Soltani. Opaque watercolors, ink and gold on paper
January 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Eskandar (Alexander the Great) contemplates the Talking Tree from the epic poem 'The Shahnameh' by Ferdowsi.
Shiraz, Iran, c.1430 CE.
Illuminator : Nasr al-Soltani. Opaque watercolors, ink and gold on paper
Shiraz, Iran, c.1430 CE.
Illuminator : Nasr al-Soltani. Opaque watercolors, ink and gold on paper
I've received my vol. 1 now! Started reading it this morning.
It's set (at least for now) in the province of Khorasan - which was the area I focused on in my thesis. 🤨
The poet Ferdowsi lived in Tus. He was the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings" - I remember reading it in Farsi class!).
It's set (at least for now) in the province of Khorasan - which was the area I focused on in my thesis. 🤨
The poet Ferdowsi lived in Tus. He was the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings" - I remember reading it in Farsi class!).
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I've received my vol. 1 now! Started reading it this morning.
It's set (at least for now) in the province of Khorasan - which was the area I focused on in my thesis. 🤨
The poet Ferdowsi lived in Tus. He was the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings" - I remember reading it in Farsi class!).
It's set (at least for now) in the province of Khorasan - which was the area I focused on in my thesis. 🤨
The poet Ferdowsi lived in Tus. He was the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings" - I remember reading it in Farsi class!).
The Shahnameh recounts myths, legends, and historical stories popular in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Iran. If you're interested, you can check out the English translation by Dick Davis.
January 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The Shahnameh recounts myths, legends, and historical stories popular in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Iran. If you're interested, you can check out the English translation by Dick Davis.
“But all this world is like a tale we hear -
Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.”
― Ferdowsi - from the Shahnameh
Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.”
― Ferdowsi - from the Shahnameh
January 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
“But all this world is like a tale we hear -
Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.”
― Ferdowsi - from the Shahnameh
Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.”
― Ferdowsi - from the Shahnameh
Finally going to read the Shahnameh and Masnavi wish me luck
January 17, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Finally going to read the Shahnameh and Masnavi wish me luck
#AppreciateADragonDay Persian dragons don't seem to get much attention compared to ones from elsewhere, from what I've read they seem to resemble East Asian ones much more in appearance but were perceived as adversaries rather than benevolently, so more like European dragons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM
#AppreciateADragonDay Persian dragons don't seem to get much attention compared to ones from elsewhere, from what I've read they seem to resemble East Asian ones much more in appearance but were perceived as adversaries rather than benevolently, so more like European dragons.
A deadly parasite – #KhameneiZahak
#Shāhnāmeh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahhak
P. S.
“My brothers, never forget, when you hear people praising the progress of Enlightenment, that the devil’s most beautiful ruse is to persuade you that he does not exist!”
Baudelaire
#Shāhnāmeh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahhak
P. S.
“My brothers, never forget, when you hear people praising the progress of Enlightenment, that the devil’s most beautiful ruse is to persuade you that he does not exist!”
Baudelaire
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A deadly parasite – #KhameneiZahak
#Shāhnāmeh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahhak
P. S.
“My brothers, never forget, when you hear people praising the progress of Enlightenment, that the devil’s most beautiful ruse is to persuade you that he does not exist!”
Baudelaire
#Shāhnāmeh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahhak
P. S.
“My brothers, never forget, when you hear people praising the progress of Enlightenment, that the devil’s most beautiful ruse is to persuade you that he does not exist!”
Baudelaire
Iran is still in a total blackout so I continue to make art to raise awareness. I was inspired by the great @mikemignola.bsky.social to do this piece depicting a modern uprising against the corrupt Zahhak from the Shahnameh.
FREE IRAN!!!
FREE IRAN!!!
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Iran is still in a total blackout so I continue to make art to raise awareness. I was inspired by the great @mikemignola.bsky.social to do this piece depicting a modern uprising against the corrupt Zahhak from the Shahnameh.
FREE IRAN!!!
FREE IRAN!!!
🌍 So, where will we find Alexander next week?
➡️ For more on the Shahnameh of Ibn Ferdwosi, see here: shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk & shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/structure-an...
➡️ For more on the Shahnameh of Ibn Ferdwosi, see here: shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk & shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/structure-an...
The Shahnameh
The most important creation of New Persian literature – the Shahnameh, or the Book of Kings – has been defined as the national epic of the Iranian peoples.
shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:51 AM
🌍 So, where will we find Alexander next week?
➡️ For more on the Shahnameh of Ibn Ferdwosi, see here: shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk & shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/structure-an...
➡️ For more on the Shahnameh of Ibn Ferdwosi, see here: shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk & shahnameh.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/structure-an...
🌍 Alexander’s role in the Shahnameh is to draw the line, literally, between the civilized known world and the terrifying supernatural fringes of society. This is summarized by Alexander building a wall to keep out Gog and Magog, figures from the foundational texts of major Abrahamic religions.
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
🌍 Alexander’s role in the Shahnameh is to draw the line, literally, between the civilized known world and the terrifying supernatural fringes of society. This is summarized by Alexander building a wall to keep out Gog and Magog, figures from the foundational texts of major Abrahamic religions.
🌍 What curious turn of fate resulted in the inclusion of Alexander in one of Persia’s most instrumental national epics, the Shahnameh of Ibn Ferdwosi? The Shahnameh is a monumental work of 10th & 11th century literature, which records both the mythical and historical Persian timeline.
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
🌍 What curious turn of fate resulted in the inclusion of Alexander in one of Persia’s most instrumental national epics, the Shahnameh of Ibn Ferdwosi? The Shahnameh is a monumental work of 10th & 11th century literature, which records both the mythical and historical Persian timeline.
イランが大変なことになっている最中の今日，データ解析を終えて郵便受けを見たら注文していた "SHAHNAMEH" の英訳が届いていた．最初に頼んだものは2ヶ月経っても届かず輸送中に紛失されたらしいので，新たに注文したものだ．1000頁くらいあるので，1日10頁ずつ100日くらいかけて読むつもりだ．今はジャムシードやザッハークが出てくる辺りだ．
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
イランが大変なことになっている最中の今日，データ解析を終えて郵便受けを見たら注文していた "SHAHNAMEH" の英訳が届いていた．最初に頼んだものは2ヶ月経っても届かず輸送中に紛失されたらしいので，新たに注文したものだ．1000頁くらいあるので，1日10頁ずつ100日くらいかけて読むつもりだ．今はジャムシードやザッハークが出てくる辺りだ．
Quand le corps témoigne contre la tyrannie : l’Iran, le Shâhnâmeh et moi
blogs.mediapart.fr/ali-zare-gha...
blogs.mediapart.fr/ali-zare-gha...
Quand le corps témoigne contre la tyrannie : l’Iran, le Shâhnâmeh et moi
Ce texte part d’une question simple et brutale : comment un pouvoir obtient-il, non seulement le silence, mais l’adhésion forcée au mensonge, jusqu’à faire de la victime l’instrument de sa propre dis…
blogs.mediapart.fr
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Quand le corps témoigne contre la tyrannie : l’Iran, le Shâhnâmeh et moi
blogs.mediapart.fr/ali-zare-gha...
blogs.mediapart.fr/ali-zare-gha...
Garshāsp, who's like the Malachi of the primordial Pishdād dynasty, is not particularly notable except he's last, in the Shāhnāmeh. In Zoroastrianism, Kereshaspa as he's called, straight up murdered a dragon because he thought it was a hill and tried to cook on it and the dragon ruined his lunch
January 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Garshāsp, who's like the Malachi of the primordial Pishdād dynasty, is not particularly notable except he's last, in the Shāhnāmeh. In Zoroastrianism, Kereshaspa as he's called, straight up murdered a dragon because he thought it was a hill and tried to cook on it and the dragon ruined his lunch
... is protected from decay and thus is told to RISE FWOM YOUR GWAVE and take down Azhi Dahāka aka Zahhak, who's like a three headed devil dragon that's a bit Tiamat and a bit Cerberus and in the Shāhnāmeh, was a human with brain eating snakes on his shoulders and thus a bit Tony Montana.
January 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
... is protected from decay and thus is told to RISE FWOM YOUR GWAVE and take down Azhi Dahāka aka Zahhak, who's like a three headed devil dragon that's a bit Tiamat and a bit Cerberus and in the Shāhnāmeh, was a human with brain eating snakes on his shoulders and thus a bit Tony Montana.
The Garshāspnāmeh reads like Shāhnāmeh erotic Jamshid fanfiction that leads into some very bizarre Gary Stu-age specifically as an attempt to mog Rostam. Delivered with all the subtlety of Fist of the North Star.
January 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Garshāspnāmeh reads like Shāhnāmeh erotic Jamshid fanfiction that leads into some very bizarre Gary Stu-age specifically as an attempt to mog Rostam. Delivered with all the subtlety of Fist of the North Star.
Quand le corps témoigne contre la tyrannie : l’Iran, le Shâhnâmeh et moi
Par Ali Zare Ghanatnowi
Par Ali Zare Ghanatnowi
Quand le corps témoigne contre la tyrannie : l’Iran, le Shâhnâmeh et moi
Ce texte part d’une question simple et brutale : comment un pouvoir obtient-il, non seulement le silence, mais l’adhésion forcée au mensonge, jusqu’à faire de la victime l’instrument de sa propre disqualification ? Et c’est alors qu’une vieille légende persane, le Shâhnâmeh revient comme une lampe : Zahhâk, le tyran qui nourrit ses serpents avec la cervelle des jeunes. Un mythe ? Non : une grammaire politique.
l.mediapart.fr
January 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Quand le corps témoigne contre la tyrannie : l’Iran, le Shâhnâmeh et moi
Par Ali Zare Ghanatnowi
Par Ali Zare Ghanatnowi
#IRGCterrorists are not not only evil, they are part of The Evil – #KhameneiZahak.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahhak
#Shahnameh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahhak
#Shahnameh
January 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
#IRGCterrorists are not not only evil, they are part of The Evil – #KhameneiZahak.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahhak
#Shahnameh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahhak
#Shahnameh
K I've read the Shahnameh but I'm far from an expert on anything Iran despite reading their national epic anymore than I'm an expert about China or West Asia in general for reading some of Journey to the West
January 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
K I've read the Shahnameh but I'm far from an expert on anything Iran despite reading their national epic anymore than I'm an expert about China or West Asia in general for reading some of Journey to the West
They need to do what Iran did with the Shahnameh and just write a whole book full of fake history and fairy tales for people to be patriotic about instead of
January 8, 2026 at 11:19 PM
They need to do what Iran did with the Shahnameh and just write a whole book full of fake history and fairy tales for people to be patriotic about instead of
Throughout history to today, the most universally binding desire is for high action melodrama, whether it'd be Greek & Indian epics & chivalric romance, westerns & spies, from Shahnameh to Vengeance Trilogy, East Asian action like wuxia & ronin stories to modern shounen action.
I think that's cool
I think that's cool
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Throughout history to today, the most universally binding desire is for high action melodrama, whether it'd be Greek & Indian epics & chivalric romance, westerns & spies, from Shahnameh to Vengeance Trilogy, East Asian action like wuxia & ronin stories to modern shounen action.
I think that's cool
I think that's cool
For those unfamiliar, here's a glimpse of #Ferdowsi #Iran
🦁♀️🥊💪🏼🔥
Full article: Myth and epic as a #non-religious revival of #national #identity; the role of Ferdowsi’s #Shahnameh in the development of #secular national identity among Iranian minorities; studying Persian share.google/nEFRiCGm25oj...
🦁♀️🥊💪🏼🔥
Full article: Myth and epic as a #non-religious revival of #national #identity; the role of Ferdowsi’s #Shahnameh in the development of #secular national identity among Iranian minorities; studying Persian share.google/nEFRiCGm25oj...
Myth and epic as a non-religious revival of national identity; the role of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh in the development of secular national identity among Iranian minorities; studying Persian Twitter
Ferdowsi's Shahnameh has played a significant role in shaping the national identity of Iranians, transcending linguistic, religious, cultural, and ethnic differences. This paper examines the percep...
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January 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
For those unfamiliar, here's a glimpse of #Ferdowsi #Iran
🦁♀️🥊💪🏼🔥
Full article: Myth and epic as a #non-religious revival of #national #identity; the role of Ferdowsi’s #Shahnameh in the development of #secular national identity among Iranian minorities; studying Persian share.google/nEFRiCGm25oj...
🦁♀️🥊💪🏼🔥
Full article: Myth and epic as a #non-religious revival of #national #identity; the role of Ferdowsi’s #Shahnameh in the development of #secular national identity among Iranian minorities; studying Persian share.google/nEFRiCGm25oj...