LEADER 02905nam 2200553 450 001 9910511668703321 005 20170814175341.0 010 $a90-04-28296-3 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004282964 035 $a(CKB)3710000000504627 035 $a(EBL)4397549 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001516267 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12495560 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001516267 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11494719 035 $a(PQKB)10086191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4397549 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004282964 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000504627 100 $a20160615h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Sistani cycle of epics and Iran's national history $eon the margins of historiography /$fby Saghi Gazerani 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Persian Cultural History,$x2210-3554 ;$vVolume 7 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-28199-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Historical Context -- 2 The Appropriation of an Avestan Hero and the Birth of the House of Rostam -- 3 The Zenith of Suren Power -- 4 The Downtrodden Sistani Heroes -- 5 The Polemics of Making Heroes and Anti-Heroes -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThis work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics , both parts included in Ferdowsi?s Sh?hn?meh and those appearing in separate manuscripts. It argues that the so-called ?epic literature? of Iran constitutes a kind of historiography, encapsulating reflections of watershed events of Iran?s antiquity. By examining the symbiotic relationship of the texts? content and form, the underpinning discourse of the various stories is revealed to have been shaped by polemics of political legitimacy and religious conflict. This discourse, however, is not abstract. The stories narrate, within their generic constraint, some of the affairs of the Sistani kingdom and its relationship to the Parthian throne, mainly from the first century BCE to the end of the second century CE. 410 0$aStudies in Persian cultural history ;$vVolume 7. 606 $aRustam (Legendary character) 607 $aIran$xHistory$yTo 640$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRustam (Legendary character) 676 $a935.70072 700 $aGazerani$b Saghi$01066760 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511668703321 996 $aThe Sistani cycle of epics and Iran's national history$92549943 997 $aUNINA