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The 30 pages that link to Shahnameh, each with the reason it gives.

• Persian languageBroader topic: Its sustained use of Persian helped establish a durable literary standard.

• Persian literatureBroader topic: Its narrative and language became foundational to Persian literary memory.

• Persian miniatureRelated: Its dramatic episodes became among the most frequently illustrated subjects in Persian manuscripts.

• NowruzRelated: It preserves a legendary account connecting the festival’s beginning with King Jamshid.

• Samanid EmpireBroader topic: Its language and themes extend the Persian literary revival associated with Samanid-era courts.

• FerdowsiBroader topic: Ferdowsi’s principal work, composed over decades in verse.

• Persian poetryBroader topic: It established an enduring model of Persian narrative poetry and cultural memory.

• Persian calligraphyBroader topic: Its manuscripts offer celebrated settings for Persian calligraphy alongside painted scenes.

• AlborzRelated: Its stories place legendary figures in the mountain landscape associated with the Alborz.

• Khosrow IINarrower topic: Its tradition preserved Khosrow among the celebrated rulers of Persian history.

• New PersianBroader topic: Its composition established New Persian as a language capable of sustaining a vast national epic.

• Iranian national identityBroader topic: Its stories preserve a powerful account of Iran’s pre-Islamic past in Persian verse.

• Mahmud of GhazniBroader topic: Its courtly reception is linked to later accounts of Mahmud’s patronage.

• PersianizationBroader topic: Its circulation carried Persian stories and political ideals into courts beyond Iran.

• Razavi Khorasan ProvinceRelated: The poet’s nearby tomb ties this national epic to the province’s cultural identity.

• Iranian IntermezzoBroader topic: Its composition connected Islamic-era Persian culture to pre-Islamic Iranian traditions.

• NastaliqBroader topic: Nastaliq appears in later illustrated and copied editions of this major Persian text.

• Mount DamavandRelated: Ferdowsi’s epic helped preserve the story linking Damavand to Zahhak.

• Persian artRelated: Its illustrated manuscripts became major settings for Persian painting and book arts.

• ShatranjRelated: Its story associates chess with a Persian court and reflects medieval ideas about the game’s origins.

• The Knight in the Panther's SkinCompared with: Its heroic tradition offers a useful comparison for Rustaveli's blend of adventure and courtly values.

• Persian mythologyBroader topic: Its episodes preserve and reshape many of the tradition’s most famous legends.

• Yazdegerd IIIRelated: It preserves a later literary memory of the Sasanian dynasty and its fall.

• Bahram ChobinRelated: The epic preserves a famous literary version of Bahram’s story.

• Bahram BeyzaiRelated: Its mythic and historical narratives inform Beyzai’s reworking of Iran’s past.

• Bahram VRelated: Its account helped preserve Bahram Gur among Iran’s legendary monarchs.

• BarbadRelated: Its episodes make Barbad a memorable figure at Khosrow’s court.

• Greater IranRelated: It gave Persian-speaking audiences a durable narrative of Iranian history and identity.

• BorzuyaRelated: Its account of Borzuya is a major source for the Persian version of his story.

• Great Mongol ShahnamehNarrower topic: The manuscript illustrates this epic, whose stories determine its scenes and characters.