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The Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran’s National History, 2015
Iranian Studies, 2019
This study examines the character of Kush-e Pildandān, the anti-hero of the Kushnāmeh, by arguing... more This study examines the character of Kush-e Pildandān, the anti-hero of the Kushnāmeh, by arguing that the protagonist of the poem represents the monarchs of the Kushan dynasty. In order to substantiate this claim, the Kushnāmeh is introduced and the process of its formation and its reflections of Kushan history are examined. Then the various components of this image of the enemy are discussed. What is revealed is a polemical strategy of creating an enemy, a unique insight into the political ideology of the Sasanian period. The study offers a glimpse into the ideological discourse of political power in the Late Antique period, and how they drew upon a shared conceptualization of the past.
The Layered Heart: Essays on Persian Poetry, A Celebration in Honor of Dick Davis, 2018
Journal of Persianate Studies, 2013
The corpus of epic material produced in the New Persian language, best known by Ferdowsi's Shāhnā... more The corpus of epic material produced in the New Persian language, best known by Ferdowsi's Shāhnāma, is preoccupied with narrating Iran's past. In this article, the production milieu of the epic material during post-Conquest Iran is explored. This is undertaken by tracing the sources of the Sistani Cycle of Epics, a body of literature, which recounts the stories of Rostam, his ancestors and his progeny. The discussion of the sources of this body of epics reveals what seems to be an abundant interest in narrating multiple, diverse and contradictory events of Iran's pre-Islamic past. The existence of a plethora of varying narrations raises several questions such as the impetus for transmission of these varying narratives, and the nature of Iranian historiography.
Books by Saghi Gazerani
نشرمرکز, 2019
ترجمه کتاب به زبان فارسی
Book Reviews by Saghi Gazerani
Iranian Studies, 2020
The Iranian Reception of Islam: The Non-Traditionalist Strands (Collected Studies in Three Volume... more The Iranian Reception of Islam: The Non-Traditionalist Strands (Collected Studies in Three Volumes), volume 2, IHC series, Patricia Crone, edited by Hanna Siurua, Leiden: Brill, 2016, ISBN 9789004319264, 368 pp. This work is the second volume in a three-volume collection of the late Professor Patricia Crone's collected studies. They have been organized according to the subject matter and the volume under review covers religious trends in Iran, starting with Mazdak's revolt in the late fifth century to a few centuries after the arrival of Islam. The volume is a collection of articles, book chapters and two encyclopedia articles published over the span of a quarter-century (from 1991 to 2016).
The Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran’s National History, 2015
Iranian Studies, 2019
This study examines the character of Kush-e Pildandān, the anti-hero of the Kushnāmeh, by arguing... more This study examines the character of Kush-e Pildandān, the anti-hero of the Kushnāmeh, by arguing that the protagonist of the poem represents the monarchs of the Kushan dynasty. In order to substantiate this claim, the Kushnāmeh is introduced and the process of its formation and its reflections of Kushan history are examined. Then the various components of this image of the enemy are discussed. What is revealed is a polemical strategy of creating an enemy, a unique insight into the political ideology of the Sasanian period. The study offers a glimpse into the ideological discourse of political power in the Late Antique period, and how they drew upon a shared conceptualization of the past.
The Layered Heart: Essays on Persian Poetry, A Celebration in Honor of Dick Davis, 2018
Journal of Persianate Studies, 2013
The corpus of epic material produced in the New Persian language, best known by Ferdowsi's Shāhnā... more The corpus of epic material produced in the New Persian language, best known by Ferdowsi's Shāhnāma, is preoccupied with narrating Iran's past. In this article, the production milieu of the epic material during post-Conquest Iran is explored. This is undertaken by tracing the sources of the Sistani Cycle of Epics, a body of literature, which recounts the stories of Rostam, his ancestors and his progeny. The discussion of the sources of this body of epics reveals what seems to be an abundant interest in narrating multiple, diverse and contradictory events of Iran's pre-Islamic past. The existence of a plethora of varying narrations raises several questions such as the impetus for transmission of these varying narratives, and the nature of Iranian historiography.
نشرمرکز, 2019
ترجمه کتاب به زبان فارسی
Iranian Studies, 2020
The Iranian Reception of Islam: The Non-Traditionalist Strands (Collected Studies in Three Volume... more The Iranian Reception of Islam: The Non-Traditionalist Strands (Collected Studies in Three Volumes), volume 2, IHC series, Patricia Crone, edited by Hanna Siurua, Leiden: Brill, 2016, ISBN 9789004319264, 368 pp. This work is the second volume in a three-volume collection of the late Professor Patricia Crone's collected studies. They have been organized according to the subject matter and the volume under review covers religious trends in Iran, starting with Mazdak's revolt in the late fifth century to a few centuries after the arrival of Islam. The volume is a collection of articles, book chapters and two encyclopedia articles published over the span of a quarter-century (from 1991 to 2016).