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A New Prologue To The Shahnameh
''A New Prologue to the Shahnameh'' ( fa, دیباچهی نوین شاهنامه) is an unproduced screenplay by Bahram Beyzai, written in 1986 and first published in 1990. It consists of an imaginary account of the life and times of Ferdowsi. Abdolali Dastgheib ʻAbd al-ʻAlī (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد العلي) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-ʻAlī'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It ... praised the book in an extensive review and, later, among others, Soheila Najm studied it in a series of articles. In English An English translation appeared in 2008 in an anthology named ''Sohrab's Wars'': * Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi and Pari Shirazi. ''Sohrab's Wars: Counter Discourses of Contemporary Persian Fiction, A Collection of Short Stories and a Film Script''. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-1-56859-224-4 See also * ''Ferdowsi'' (film) Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahram Beyzai
Bahrām Beyzāêi (also spelt Beizāi, Beyzāêi, fa, بهرام بیضائی; born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and '' ostād'' ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies. Beyzaie is the son of the poet Ne'matallah Beyzai (best known by his literary pseudonym "Zokā'i"). The celebrated poet Adib Beyzai, known as one of the most profound poets of 20th-century Iran, is Bahram's paternal uncle. Bahram Beyzaie's paternal grandfather, Mirzā Mohammad-Rezā Ārāni ("Ebn Ruh"), and paternal great-grandfather, the mulla Mohammad-Faqih Ārāni ("Ruh'ol-Amin"), were also notable poets. In spite of his somewhat belated start in cinema, Beyzai is often considered a pioneer of a generation of filmmakers whose works are sometimes described as the Iranian New Wave. His ''Bashu, the Little Stranger'' (1986) was voted "Best Iranian Film of all time" in November 1999 by a Persian movie magazine ''Picture World'' poll of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aydin Aghdashloo
Aydin Aghdashloo ( fa, آیدین آغداشلو; born October 30, 1940) is an Iranian painter, graphist, art curator, writer, and film critic. Early life and education Aydin Aghdashloo, the son of Mohammad-Beik Aghdashloo (Haji Ouf) and Nahid Nakhjevan, was born on October 30, 1940, in the Afakhray neighborhood of Rasht. His father was a Azerbaijani Turk and a member of Azerbaijan Equality Party and his family assumes their surname from the small town of Agdash. After seeing Aydin's talent in painting at school and his hand-made models, Mohammad-Beik took him to Habib Mohammadi, a painter and a teacher from Rasht. In 1959, at the age of 19, after successfully passing the university entrance examination, he enrolled at Tehran University's School of Fine Arts. In 1967, unable to complete his studies after eight years, he dropped out of college. Works In 1975, Aghdashloo held his first individual exhibition at Iran-America Society in Tehran. The exhibited paintings were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdowsi
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking people, Persian-speaking countries. Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature. Name Except for his kunya (Arabic), kunya ( – ) and his laqab ( – ''Ferdowsī'', meaning 'Paradise, paradisic'), nothing is known with any certainty about his full name. From an early period on, he has been referred to by different additional names and titles, the most common one being / ("philosopher"). Based on this, his full name is given in Persian language, Persian sources as / . Due to the non-standardized transliteration from Persian alphabet, Persian into English language, English, different spellings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdolali Dastgheib
ʻAbd al-ʻAlī (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد العلي) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-ʻAlī'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the most High". It may refer to: Given name * Abd al-Ali al-Birjandi * Abd Al-Ali Wadghiri * Abdul Ali Bahari, Kenyan politician *Abdolali Bazargan (born 1943), Iranian politician * Abdolali Changiz (born 1959), Iranian footballer * Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian (1932–1973), Qajar prince * Abdelali Kasbane (born 1962), Moroccan runner *Abdelali Lahrichi (born 1993), Moroccan basketball player * Abdolali Lotfi (1880–1956), Iranian politician and judge * Abdul Ali Malik, Pakistan Army engineer officer (served 1947–1974) *Abdul Ali Mazari (1946–1996), Afghan politician Middle name *Khan Abdul Ali Khan (1922–1997), Pashtun educationalist Surname * Humayun Abdulali (1914–2001), Indian ornithologist *Muhammed A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdowsi (film)
''Ferdowsi'' (Ferdausi) ''(Persian title: Ferdosi- fa, فردوسی)'' is a 1934 Iranian biography drama film directed by Abdolhossein Sepanta and starring Nosratollah Mohtasham, Abdolhossein Sepanta and Sohrab Pouri. sourehcinema.com ''( Persian language)'' The movie is about the famous Iranian poet , author of the '' Shahnameh'' book of epic poems. See also * '' |
