The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature
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Columbia University Press, 2019.
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9780231544948

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Hamid Dabashi., & Hamid Dabashi|AUTHOR. (2019). The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature . Columbia University Press.

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Hamid Dabashi and Hamid Dabashi|AUTHOR. 2019. The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic As World Literature. Columbia University Press.

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Hamid Dabashi and Hamid Dabashi|AUTHOR. The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic As World Literature Columbia University Press, 2019.

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Hamid Dabashi, and Hamid Dabashi|AUTHOR. The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic As World Literature Columbia University Press, 2019.

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