Sassanid kings ruled in Iran for a long time and various historical books have been written about them . One of the famous kings of this period is Shapur Zolaktaf who ruled more than the other kings of this dynasty . His foreign policy in settling the border situation a More
Sassanid kings ruled in Iran for a long time and various historical books have been written about them . One of the famous kings of this period is Shapur Zolaktaf who ruled more than the other kings of this dynasty . His foreign policy in settling the border situation and expelling the invading Arabs and Romans is of great importance . The history of Tabari and Ferdowsi's Shahnameh are both among the books that have written about the reign of this king. In this research , while introducing the historiography method of these two authors, the method of narrating the story of Shapur Zolaktaf is also expressed. The history of Tabari describes this long period with brevity and does not elaborate on any of the events . However , Ferdowsi composed important parts of this story in a narrative way and used elements of description , dialogue and scene .
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