Farrokhi and the Myths of Shahnameh

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Humanities Research Center

10.29252/kavosh.2004.2295

Abstract

Farrokhi Yazdi was an anti-despotism liberal poet whose spirits of chivalry finally cost him his life. He is the subject of the present article which studies his thoughts and philosophy and how influenced he was 4 by Ferdousi’s Shahnameh. Referring to mysticism and ethics as well as xesthetic considerations of nature, the article also seeks for the degree of Farrokhi’s drawing upon the myths in Shahnameh.

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