Shahnameh

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1. An epic poem written by Ferdowsi around 1000 CE, telling the mythical and historical past of ancient Persia from the beginning of the world until the Muslim conquest.

   Of the documents on which the Shahnameh was founded, no trace has hitherto been discovered.

   1829, John Malcolm, The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time, volume 1, London, page 504