Three Neglected Sources of Sasanian History in the Reign of Khusraw Anushirvan
Paru en septembre 2011
Peeters-France - Studia Iranica
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116 pages - 17,5 × 26 cm
ISBN 978-2-910640-32-3 - septembre 2011
Présentation
This cahier deals with the criticism of three sources : Dinawari’s al-Akhbar al-Tiwal, the so-called Sirat Anusharwan, and Firdawsi’s Shahnama. The need to examine these sources arises from a re-evaluation of Nöldeke’s Khuday-Nama hypothesis; a case is built for the independence and utility of those three sources; and four test cases follow, in which the sources are put to work on issues of central importance in the history of sixth-century Iran. The conclusion is a narrative integrating the findings of the test cases into the broad picture of Sasanian history.