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- Title
AN ASSYRIAN MOTIF IN THE SHĀHNĀMA.
- Authors
Jamzadeh, Parivash
- Abstract
Examines the similarity of the accounts of the last Dara in the Shahnama of Firdawsi relating to the wars of Darius III the Achaemenid king with Alexander and his flight from the Greek army with the victory relief of Assurbanipal at his palace in Nineveh. Parallel between the features in the Book of Kings dealing with the last hours of the king and the final destiny of the last independent Elamite king Tempt-Humban-Inshushinak; Historical accounts on the Elamite king; Reason for the similarity; Role of poets and minstrels in the Assyrian court.
- Subjects
IRAQ; RELIEF (Sculpture); BAS-relief; RELIEF (Decorative arts); ACHAEMENID dynasty, 705 B.C.-330 B.C.; NINEVEH (Extinct city); EXTINCT cities; IRAQ antiquities
- Publication
Iranica Antiqua, 2003, Vol 38, p167
- ISSN
0021-0870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2143/IA.38.0.138