Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book

گزیده شاهنامه فردوسی

Rate this book

339 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1942

3 people are currently reading
33 people want to read

About the author

Abolqasem Ferdowsi

383 books338 followers
Abolqasem Ferdowsi (Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی), the son of a wealthy land owner, was born in 935 in a small village named Paj near Tus in Khorasan which is situated in today's Razavi Khorasan province in Iran.
He devoted more than 35 years to his great epic, the Shāhnāmeh. It was originally composed for presentation to the Samanid princes of Khorasan, who were the chief instigators of the revival of Iranian cultural traditions after the Arab conquest of the seventh century. Ferdowsi started his composition of the Shahnameh in the Samanid era in 977 A.D. During Ferdowsi's lifetime the Samanid dynasty was conquered by the Ghaznavid Empire. After 30 years of hard work, he finished the book and two or three years after that, Ferdowsi went to Ghazni, the Ghaznavid capital, to present it to the king, Sultan Mahmud.

Ferdowsi is said to have died around 1020 in poverty at the age of 85, embittered by royal neglect, though fully confident of his work's ultimate success and fame, as he says in the verse:
" ... I suffered during these thirty years, but I have revived the Iranians (Ajam) with the Persian language; I shall not die since I am alive again, as I have spread the seeds of this language ..."

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
17 (62%)
4 stars
5 (18%)
3 stars
4 (14%)
2 stars
0 (0%)
1 star
1 (3%)
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews
Profile Image for kian.
198 reviews61 followers
January 10, 2016
مقدمه ش رو خوندم +داستان سیاوش

داستان سیاوش رو قبلا این قدر دقیق و عمیق نخونده بودم... برای همینم این قدر تا حالا دلم باهاش نسوخته بود... امروز توی یه کتاب دیگه، خوندم که مرحوم مسکوب درمورد سیاوش و نقشش در داستان سیاوش توی شاهنامه، گفته بوده: گویی مبهوت بیگانه ای از اعلای ملکوت، به ادنای ملک پاگذاشته.... این رو در وصف معصومیت سیاوش و شخصیت فوق العاده خوبش توی داستان، گفته....
همه بیتهای داستان مثل فیلم تو ذهنم به تصویر کشیده میشد. واقعا انگار درحال تماشای یه فیلمم.
داستان سیاوش خوبه و خوندنش ارزش داره.... توش درسهای بزرگی هست......
Profile Image for Mehrdad Zaa.
77 reviews24 followers
March 30, 2018
کتاب جیبی گزیده اشعار شاهنامه فردوسی. هر روز صبح که سر کار میرفتم، یه رب این کتابو میخوندم و بعد کارمو شروع میکردم. امروز بعد از حدود دو ماه کتاب تموم شد و از خوندنش راضی ام. قبلا گزیده مثنوی ازهمین انتشارات رو خونده بودم که به نظرم خوب نبود. اما این کتاب بهتر بود. اگه نمیخواید یا نمیتونید شاهنامه کامل رو بخونید، این گزیده رو بهتون توصیه میکنم. در انتهای هر شعر، لغت نامه هم داره. اشعارحماسی فردوسی هم که فوق العاده اند
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.