Three Neglected Sources of Sasanian History in the Reign of Khusraw Anushirvan

Michael Richard Jackson Bonner

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.