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The PoemFerdowsi’s whole poem, book by book The Illustrated PoemThe verse with the book’s woodcut panels The DastansThe 14 great stories, with their maps New Naqqali MangaRead Issue 1 page by page, like a manga The Illuminated EditionA first look at the photo-real coffee-table edition

CharactersKings, heroes, women, beings and horses PlacesLands, cities and rivers, each with a page MapsThe Shahnameh in Maps, story by story ArtEvery woodcut panel, character sheet and banner Insight GraphsComing Next

GlossaryPeople, places and Persian terms, A to Z NotesSummaries and commentary for every section Genealogies26 family-tree plates and an index of persons TimelineKings and events, from Kioumars to Yazdegard CalendarThe ancient Iranian year, months, days and hours The Shahnameh in NumbersWhat a full count of the translation shows BibliographyWorks consulted for the notes The Shahnameh in EmojiAll 951 sections told in emoji EmojitureLiterature in emoji: the idea and the method About the PoemFerdowsi, his world, and how to read him

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The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi in modern English verse, translated by Farzad and Rhonda Dibachi. Couplets are cited by section and number, for example B5.1.17. Translation © 2026 Farzad and Rhonda Dibachi, published under license by New Naqqali LLC. All rights reserved. Maps and artwork: CC BY-NC 4.0. New Naqqali, GNML and the New Naqqali crest are trademarks of New Naqqali LLC. Rights & permissions · Part of New Naqqali, built with GNML · Feedback and corrections: Editor@newnaqqali.com