Lives of Ferdowsi, Phase 1: Translation of the Baysonghori Preface to the Shahnama of Ferdowsi

2025.08.01 | By Neguin Yavari and Olga M. Davidson

The current text, a translation by Mohsen Ashtiany and Olga M. Davidson, has been re-edited by Neguin Yavari and Olga M. Davidson. It is a work-in-progress.

This post is a companion to the Persian edition of the Baysonghori Preface shared in another post: Lives of Ferdowsi, Phase 1: Persian Edition of the Baysonghori Preface to the Shahnama of Ferdowsi.

Illustration from Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi. ( 1074–79 AH/1663–69 CE) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number: 13.228.17, gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913. Public domain image via the Met’s Open Access Policy.

 

 



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