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Shāhnāma The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,00 ...
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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 sin ...
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Amol Amol ( fa, آمل – ; ; also Romanized as Āmol and Amul) is a city and the administrative center of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran, with a population of around 300,000 people. Amol is located on the Haraz river bank. It is less than ...
از آمل گذر سوی تمیشه کرد / نشست اندر آن نامور بیشه کرد * Kābolسوی کشور هندوان کرد رای / سوی کابل و دنبر و مرغ و مای * Zabolestān *
Balkh ), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001 , pushpin_map=Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_relief=yes , pushpin_label_position=bottom , pushpin_mapsize=300 , pushpin_map_caption=Location in Afghanistan ...
* Estakhrهمی رفت شادان به اصطخر پارس / که اصطخر بد بر زمین فخر پارس * Madāyen * Tamishah * Sistān *
Nimruz Nimruz or Nimroz (Dari: ; Balochi: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country. It lies to the east of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and north of Balochistan, Pakistan, also border ...
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Herāt Herāt (; Persian: ) is an oasis city and the third-largest city of Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Selseleh-ye Safēd ...
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Bost Bost may refer to: Places *Alternative name for Lashkargah, Afghanistan **Boost Defenders, a cricket team from the region **Bost Airport, near Lashkargah *Bost, Allier, a commune in central France People *Bost (Μποστ) (1918–1995), pen name ...
ز قَنُّوج تا مرز کاولستان / همان تا در بُست و زاولستان * Kunduz * Ghazni * Bāmyānدگر پنجهیر و در بامیان / سر مرز ایران و جای کیان * Kandahārکه باشد که پیوند سام سوار / نخواهد ز اهواز تا قندهار * Merv *
Zibad Zibad ( fa, زيبَد, also Romanized as Zībad) is a village in Zibad Rural District, Kakhk District, Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4243, in 1701 families. Zibad, which means beautiful i ...
* Gharchagān * Tāleqānدگر طالقان شهر تا فاریاب / همیدون در بلخ تا اندرآب * Fāryāb * Bokhārā *
Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
* Andarāb * Panjhir * Termez * Khatlanسپاهی بیامد بدین سان ز چین / ز سقلاب و ختلان و توران زمین * Badakhshānدگر مولیان تا در بدخشان / همینست ازین پادشاهی نشان * Gowzgānān * Azarābādgān * Pārs * Ahvāz *
Rey Rey may refer to: *Rey (given name), a given name *Rey (surname), a surname * Rey (''Star Wars''), a character in the ''Star Wars'' films * Rey, Iran, a city in Iran * Ray County, in Tehran Province of Iran * ''Rey'' (film), a 2015 Indian film *The ...
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Damghan Damghan ( fa, دامغان, translit=Dāmghān) is the capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. It is situated east of Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevatio ...
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Soghd Sughd Province ( tg, Вилояти Суғд, Viloyati Sughd, Sogdia Region , fa, ولایت سغد) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( tg, вилоятҳо, viloyatho , fa, ولایت) that make up ...
* Māy * Margh * Ermān * Alānān * Ghannoj * Baghdad * Baytolmoghaddas/Dez Hookht Kang * Tātār * Toor * Danbar/Danbal * Dahestānدهستان و گرگان همه زیر نعل / بکوبید و زِ خون کنید آب لعل * Roodābadز رودابد و شیر تا مرز تور / ازآن بخش گیتی بنزدیک و دور * Sāriز دریای گیلان چُن ابر سیاه / دُمادُم به ساری رسیده سپاه * Sebenjab/Sepijab * Sagsār * Shir * Shirkhān * Terāz * Toos *
Kermān Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in 221,389 households, mak ...
* Gorzbān * Gorgān * Goorāb/Goorābad/Goorābe * Māvaronnahr * Ardabil *
Esfahān Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is lo ...
* Khorāsān * Khazar *
Samarghand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...
* Gilān * Makrān * Neshāboor * Gorganj * Jahrom * Halab * Iraq * Daylam * Ram Ardashir *
Gundishapur Gundeshapur ( pal, 𐭥𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩, ''Weh-Andiōk-Šābuhr''; New Persian: , ''Gondēshāpūr'') was the intellectual centre of the Sassanid Empire and the home of the Academy of Gundishapur, founded ...
* Samangan (not to be confused with today Samangan Province) * Siavashgerd * Khotan


Plains

* Dasht-e Sovārān-e Neyze-gozār * Dasht-e Ghahtān * Dasht-e Gordān * Dasht-e Yalān


Mounts

* Damavand * Alborzkouh * Hendoukesh (also referred to as Hendoukouh) * Sepidkouh * Kooh-e Sepand * Dābe kooh/Rābeh kooh


Rivers

* Jayhoon (also referred to as Amoodarya) *
Helmand Helmand (Pashto/Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering area. The province contains 13 ...
* Kāse rood * Arvandrood * Darya-ye Chin * Darya-ye Bikand * Darya-ye Gilan * Roode Rey * Draya-ye Send


Other

* Mazandaran (not to be confused with today Mazandaran Province) * Hamavaran (possibly Himyarite Kingdom) * Mesrکه رستم به مصر و به بربر چه کرد / بران شهریاران به روز نبرد * Barbar * Barbaristan * Rûm * Yemen *
Chin The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (List_of_human_anatomical_regions#Regions, mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm. Evolution The presence of a we ...
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Hend Hend may refer to *Hend (name) *Louis Forniquet Henderson (1853–1942), American botanist referred to as L.F.Hend. *Hend Khaleh Rural District in Iran *Hend Khaleh, a village in Iran *Fariz Hend Fariz Hend ( fa, فريزهند, also Romanized as F ...
* Andalos *
Babel Babel is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon and may refer to: Arts and media Written works Books *Babel (book), ''Babel'' (book), by Patti Smith * Babel (2012 manga), ''Babel'' (2012 manga), by Narumi Shigematsu * Babel (20 ...
* Bahrain * Makke *
Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...
* Nile * Gorgsārān *
Shām Syria (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔒂𔒠 ''Sura/i''; gr, Συρία) or Sham ( ar, ٱلشَّام, ash-Shām) is the name of a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Other s ...
یکی با گهر مرد با گنج و نام / درفشی برافراخت از مصر و شام


See also

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List of Shahnameh characters Here is a list of characters represented in the Persian epic poem '' Shāhnāmeh'' by Ferdowsi, including both heroes and villains : A * Arash * Afrasiab * Abteen * Arnavaz * Armin * Arman B * Babak * Bārbad * Bizhan * Bahram * Bahm ...
* Persian literature * Persian mythology


References

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