Dāstān-hā-yi Shāhnāmah Persiska (Farsi) 2025

Stories from the Shahnameh, by Bahram Gorgin, is a prose retelling of the mythological and heroic sections of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. Written in contemporary Persian, the book makes the ancient and majestic narratives of Iran’s national epic more accessible to readers who wish to become familiar with its world of myths, heroes, kings, and legendary figures.

The Shahnameh is traditionally divided into three broad sections: mythological, heroic, and historical. This volume focuses on the first two, retelling narratives that begin with creation and the earliest kings and continue through the lives and battles of Iran’s great epic heroes. Themes such as heroism, justice, loyalty, wisdom, destiny, the struggle between good and evil, and the tension between power and morality run throughout the stories.

Stories from the Shahnameh is particularly suitable for readers who want to understand the main narrative lines and major characters before approaching Ferdowsi’s extensive verse epic in its original form. While preserving the epic atmosphere of the source, the prose adaptation makes the stories easier to follow and introduces readers to the structure and imaginative world of the Shahnameh.

Written by Bahram Gorgin, the book comprises 544 pages and was published by Hirmand Publishing. It belongs to the tradition of modern prose adaptations and retellings of the Shahnameh.