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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
IRAN

THE EPIC OF THE KINGS

THE EPIC OF THE KINGS

Shah-Nama
the national epic of Persia

FERDOWSI

Translated by
REUBEN LEVY

Revised by
AMIN BANANI

Volume 13

First published in 1967

This edition first published in 2011
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

1967 The Royal Institute of Publication of Teheran

Printed and bound in Great Britain

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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ISBN 13: 978-0-415-57033-6 (Set)
eISBN 13: 978-0-203-83010-9 (Set)
ISBN 13: 978-0-415-60852-7 (Volume 13)
eISBN 13: 978-0-203-83308-7 (Volume 13)

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The Epic of
the Kings

Shah-Nama
the national epic of Persia
by Ferdowsi

Translated by Reuben Levy

Revised by Amin Banani

ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL
LONDON AND BOSTON

First published in 1967
by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd,
Broadway House, 68- 74 Carter Lane,
London EC4 V 5EL and
9 Park Street
Boston, Mass. 02108, U.S.A.

Reprinted 1973

Printed in Great Britain by
Redwood Press Limited
Trowbridge, Wiltshire

The Royal Institute of Publication of Teheran 1967

No part of this book may be reproduced in
any form without permission from the
publisher, except for the quotation of brief
passages in criticism

ISBN 0 7100 13671

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