Khosravani philosophy in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh

The Shahnameh embodies the culture and ideas of the ancient Iranians through numerous elements, including myths, epics, and stories of kings and heroes. These ideas narrate the cosmological perceptions, social structures, traditions and moral and behavioral examples of the ancient Iranians which is known as Khosravaniphilosophy. These profound thoughts have been formed in a philosophical way from various religions such as Manichaeism, Mithraismand most of all Zoroastrianism; The basis of Khosravi's wisdom is light And the manifestations of this issue in Shahnameh  with high-frequency components such as wisdom, Light, Fire, Splendor (Farr), Angles (Emshaspandan), Goddess (Izadan) and dark forces like the Devil (Ahriman) and Demons (Divan) which are in contrast to the light and Ahuraian Lighting, along with its romantic and lyrical aspects, express the philosophy of life from the perspective of Khosravi wisdom.In this study, using the method of content analysis, components of Khosravani'sphilosophyhave examined in Shahnameh and shown that the brilliant reflection of these themes interrelated to its roots in Shahnamehhas provideda ground for establishing transcendental ideas, creating free thinking space with flowing it to the the heart of society and literary works, as well as a situation for the dialogue of texts throughout history.Therefore, by recognizing this trend, a systematicperception of Iranian literary, historical and religious works can be achieved.