Ferdowsi's Shah-nameh as a reflection of the Samanids dynasty

Talking about Shah-nameh and its creator puts one to the peak of Iranian culture and literature. The verses of Shah-nameh, epical composition, makes one feel proud. There may be a lot of studies carried on this great work; however, no one has ever studied how and under what condition it was created. What were the aims and purposes of the composition of the work? Can this great epical work be limited to nationalist and religious frames? Accepting the fact that Shahnameh has endured the test of time, as predicted by Ferdowsi himself, and that it gives a heavenly impression of Iranian's spirit, one question has remained unanswered: To what extent did the period in which Shah-nameh was created affected its creation? Realizing the need for new research, we have tried to study the effects of the Samanids era, especially the effects of the Samanids statesmen' scholarship, on Ferdowsi. Doing so will enable us to say that the Samanids era can be called the era of knowledge and knowledge production movement.