New NaqqaliThe Definitive Shahnameh
The first complete English translation of the Shahnameh in rhyming verse, in three volumes, from the creation of the world to the fall of the Sasanian empire.
The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi: Volume OneThe world begins, a tyrant falls, and the heroes are born.Available soon
The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi: Volume TwoHeroes fall, kings disappear, and the heroic age comes to an end.Coming soon
The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi: Volume ThreeKings rise, an empire flowers, and the long story of Iran comes to its end.Coming soonVolume One
The world begins, a tyrant falls, and the heroes are born.
Volume One begins the first complete English translation of the Shahnameh in rhyming verse. The world begins. A tyrant grows serpents from his shoulders, and a blacksmith raises his apron and brings him down. A king divides the world among his sons, and brothers become enemies. A boy raised by a magical bird fathers the greatest hero of all. A father kills his son without knowing him, and an innocent prince rides through fire.
Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 × 11 in, 500 pages · Softcover, 7 × 10 in, 471 pages · Available soon
Volume Two
Heroes fall, kings disappear, and the heroic age comes to an end.
Heroes fall. Kings disappear. Lovers wait in the dark. A long war ends at last, a new faith comes to Iran, and two great heroes meet in a fight that neither can win. Then Iskandar, Alexander the Great, sweeps in from the west and takes the world. Volume Two is the end of the heroic age.
Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 × 11 in · Softcover, 7 × 10 in · Coming soon
Volume Three
Kings rise, an empire flowers, and the long story of Iran comes to its end.
The heroes are gone; the kings remain. Dynasties rise from exile, crowns are won from between lions, and battles of wit are fought across a chessboard. Kings love, rule wisely and badly, and are betrayed by their own sons. Then the last king is overthrown and killed, and an empire four centuries old falls. Volume Three completes the Shahnameh.
Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 × 11 in · Softcover, 7 × 10 in · Coming soon