Shirin va Khusraw (Shirin and Khusraw) is a story written in the 12th century by Shaykh Niẓāmī Ganjavi (circa 1140-1202), based on a tale found in Shahnamah (Book of kings), the epic-historical work of Persian literature composed at the end of the tenth century by the poet Firdawsi (circa 940--1020). The legend was well known before Firdawsi and further romanticized by later Persian poets. The story chosen by Niẓāmī was commissioned by and dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughrul and to the sultan's brother, Qizil Arsalan. This copy was made by Sidiq Mir in 1857.
Authors
Mir, Sidiq Scribe., Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 Author.
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- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1857.
