Shahnameh of social and political needs of the Samanid’s era

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

sara okhravi ¹ , Javad Heravi ²

1 - Phd student,Islamic azad university science and branch faculty of humanities and social sciences - department of history
2 - دانشیار گروه تاریخ واحد علوم و تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی ، تهران، ایران [e-mail]

Received: 2020-10-03 Accepted : 2020-10-05 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: Ferdowsi, samanid’s era, Xodāynāma, Composition of Shāhnāma,

Abstract :

Abstract :Shahnameh is the glorious heritage of Iranian poetry and historiography, which can be considered as a rewriting of the poetry of the history of the ancients. This great work, more than anything else, contains the national narratives of Iranian history and is based on the mythological which have been collected since ancient times and arranged during the Samanid’s era. In this research, an attempt to analyze the social, cultural and political effects of Ferdowsi era on the creation of Shahnameh is based on the intellectual current of Shahnameh prose writing from the Sassanid era to Shahnameh poetry in the Samanid period. Ferdowsi's goal is to elevate Iranian identity in relation to the past of ancient Iran. With eloquent language, he eagerly awakens social enthusiasm in the direction of rationality and protection of political and moral identity, so that these true historical narratives are believed in the general view and preserved with epic heat.The reasons for the emergence and continuation of this historical trend, especially Ferdowsi's treatment of the cultural heritage of ancient Iran in the form of the Shahnameh, is the expression of the problem in the present study. As this research aims to answer the basic question that Shahnameh can be considered the fruit of which intellectual context and what social and political conditions led to its composition?The research method in this article is analytical-descriptive and based on historical narrations.Key words : Xodāynāma ، Composition of Shāhnāma , Samanid’s Era, Ferdowsi.