Three Neglected Sources of Sasanian History in the Reign of Khusraw Anushirvan

by M.R. Jackson Bonner

Book cover: Three Neglected Sources of Sasanian History in the Reign of Khusraw Anushirvan

Extent: 116 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Series: Cahiers de Studia Iranica

Series volume number: 46

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2011)

ISBN: 9782910640323

Price: $28.00

In stock

This cahier deals with the criticism of three sources: Dinawari’s al-Akhbar al-Tiwal, the so-called Sirat Anusharwan, and Firdawsi’s Shahnama. The need to examine these sources arises from a re-evaluation of Noldeke’s Khuday-Nama hypothesis; a case is built for the independence and utility of those three sources; and four test cases follow, in which the sources are put to work on issues of central importance in the history of sixth-century Iran. The conclusion is a narrative integrating the findings of the test cases into the broad picture of Sasanian history.

  • By (author) MR Jackson Bonner