Shahnama Studies III

Gabrielle van den Berg, PhD (1997), University of Leiden, is Senior University Lecturer in the Cultural History of Central Asia and Iran. She has published on classical Persian literature and on the oral traditions of Central Asia. Charles Melville, PhD (1978), University of Cambridge, is Professor of Persian History at Cambridge. He has published on the history of Iran from the Mongols to the Safavids, Persian historiography, and the Shahnama of Firdausi.Contributors: Michele Bernardini, Tülün Değirmenci, Fatma Sinem Eryılmaz, Alyssa Gabbay, Charles Melville, Firuza Melville, Shiva Mihan, Raya Shani, Maria Szuppe, Gabrielle van den Berg, Christine van Ruymbeke, Marjolijn van Zutphen, Laura Weinstein, and Kumiko Yamamoto

• List of IllustrationsAbbreviationsContributorsNote on Citations of the ShahnamaIntroductionPart 1: The Reception of the Shahnama: Later Epics1 Banu Gushasp in the Shahnama: A Case Study of the British Library Ms. Or. 2926 and the Interpolated Banu GushaspnamaMarjolijn van Zutphen2 The Demon Barkhiyas at the Well of BizhanCharles Melville3 Rustam’s Grandson in Central Asia: The Sistan Cycle Epics and the Shahnama TraditionGabrielle van den Berg4 The Interplay of Oral and Written Traditions in Persian Epics: The Case of the Barzunama in the Haft LashkarKumiko Yamamoto5 A New manuscript of the ShahrIyArnAma attributed to Mukhtari of Ghazna from the collection of the Ancient India and Iran TrustMaria SzuppePart 2: The Shahnama in Later Contexts6 The Shahnama in Timurid HistoriographyMichele Bernardini7 The Sulaiman-nama (Süleyman-name) as an Historical SourceFatma Sinem Eryılmaz8 A Storyteller’s Shahnama: Meddâh Medhî and His Şehnâme-i̇ TürkîTülün Derğirmenci9 The Shahnama Legacy in a Late 15th-Century Illustrated Copy of Ibn HusAm’s Khavaran-nama, the GulistAn Palace Library, Tehran, Ms. 5750Raya ShaniPart 3: Textual Studies10 Persian Medieval rewriters between auctoritas and authorship: the Story of Khusrau and Shirin as a case-studyChristine van Ruymbeke11 Rebels, Virtuous Adorers And Successors: The Agentic Daughters of the ShahnamaAlyssa GabbayPart 4: Art History and Manuscript Studies12 Zahhak from Cambridge and Bahram Gur from Geneva: Two Unpublished lustre Tiles with Shahnama versesFiruza Melville13 Illustration as Localization: A Dispersed bijapuri Manuscript of the shahnamaLaura Weinstein14 The Baysunghuri Manuscript in the Malek National Library Shiva MihanGeneral Index