Khorshid Nameh; Epical Poem Derived from the Subcontinent Heritage

One of the major branches of studies in the area of Book of the Kings research, is the study of the groups of epical poems whose rhythm are identical to those of the Book of the Kings and whose composers aimed at versifying certain stories in the same manner and language of Ferdowsi’s epic.
A number of these works such as Bahman Nameh, Koush Nameh, and Faramarz Nameh contain ancient narratives, whereas others like Rostam Nameh and Khavaranb Nameh are the essence of the imagination and storytelling skill of their composers and lack an ancient narrative root. Korsid Nameh poems composed by Nayyeri Shirazi, is another example of such epical stories that follow the style of Ferdowsi’s Book of the Kings. This epical poem is a heritage of Persian iterature in the Subcontinent which has been neglected by the Book of the Kings scholars. The aim of the present article is to introduce and study the linguistic and literary features of this work.