Website review: Iran - “Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh”
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Persiana discovered 8 months ago- "Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh" (Prince Bayasanghor's Book of the Kings) The meeting of Ardeshir with Golnar, the Bayasanghori Shahnameh (1430 AD), Imperial Library of Golestan Palace, Tehran From the page (UNESCO website) : Documentary heritage concerning Iran and recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World International Register (in 2007). The Shâhnâmeh (Book of Kings) is one of the classics of the Persian-speaking world and is on a par with the `Iliad' and the `Aeniad' of the Greco-Romano cultural communities. An important feature of this work is that although during the period of its creation, Arabic was the main language of science and literature, it was written Persian and therefore helped to revive and maintain this important world language. The Shâhnâmeh has also become an important text throughout Central Asia, India and the former Ottoman Empire. It has been copied countless times and three of these copies could be said to have universal value: the "Demotte Shâhnâmeh" made in the early 1300s for the Il-Khanid patron, Giyath al-Din ; the 16th Century "Houghton Shâhnâmeh" ; and the "Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh", which was made in 1430 for Prince Bayasanghor (1399-1433), the grandson of the legendary Central Asian leader Timur (1336-1405). Only the "Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh" has survived and is kept under lock and key in the Imperial Library of the Golestan Palace in Tehran. The [Bayasanghori] Shâhnâmeh represents the quintessence of aesthetic and literary values of the elite rulers of the Timurid Renaissance who dominated Central and Western Asia in the 15th Century. The richly illuminated double frontispiece of the Bayasanghori Shahnameh (1430), Imperial Library of Golestan Palace, Tehran To view larger images, go to this UNESCO page and click on the images. P.S. "Memory of the World Register" list, initiated in 2007, can be viewed here.
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