[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Poetry](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.shir) › شاهنامه # شاهنامه The Book of Kings Indian episodes in the national epic: Alexander's wars with Kayd and Fūr (Porus) of Hind, Bahrām Gūr's adventures in India and marriage to the daughter of King Shangul, the Indian king's chess embassy and Buzurgmihr's answer with nard, the tale of Gaw and Ṭalhand (invention of chess), and Burzōy's journey to fetch Kalīla wa-Dimna. - **Language:** Persian - **Date:** 977–1010 CE - **Author:** [Abū l-Qāsim Firdawsī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/firdawsi) - **Extent:** 220,950 words - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [The Shahnama of Firdausi](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.shir.shahnama~en-warner) — English ## Mentions - [Pañcatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra) ## Versions and retellings - [Aspandiyār Nāmeh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.gujarati.aspandiyarnameh) - [Siyāvax-nāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.gujarati.varta.siyavaxnama) ## Parallel to - [غرر أخبار ملوك الفرس وسيرهم](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.adab.ghurar-al-siyar) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.shir.shahnama](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.shir.shahnama) · Pramāṇa