Shahnameh Background

The seminal work of Persian literature is the Shahnameh, an epic poem that recounts the history of pre-Islamic Persia or Iranshahr (Greater Iran).
The Shahnameh contains 61 stories in 775 chapters with 49,473 rhyming couplets

Written in modern Persian, the Shahnameh is a work of poetry, historiography, folklore, and cultural identity and is a continuation of the age-old tradition of storytelling in the Near East.

The line-by-line translation is published in 12 books, each having 500+ pages.

Book Page
Shahnameh-Book-01 555
Shahnameh-Book-02 552
Shahnameh-Book-03 770
Shahnameh-Book-04 637
Shahnameh-Book-05 688
Shahnameh-Book-06 627
Shahnameh-Book-07 767
Shahnameh-Book-08 509
Shahnameh-Book-09 497
Shahnameh-Book-10 631
Shahnameh-Book-11 590
Shahnameh-Book-12 535
Total Pages 7358

Book Title Amazon Link
Book-01 Shahnameh [01/12] - Farsi and English: Book 1 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4Z1CP14
Book-02 Shahnameh [02/12] - Farsi and English: Book 2 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C55MKY7P
Book-03 Shahnameh [03/12] - Farsi and English : Book 3 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5TN7MBF
Book-04 Shahnameh [04/12] - Farsi and English: Book 4 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C578PTZD
Book-05 Shahnameh [05/12] - Farsi and English: Book 5 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5JR8QBJ
Book-06 Shahnameh [06/12] - Farsi and English: Book 6 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB7B5Z5N
Book-07 Shahnameh [07/12] - Farsi and English: Book 7 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB8SG9X9
Book-08 Shahnameh [08/12] - Farsi and English: Book 8 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB9LJCPF
Book-09 Shahnameh [09/12] - Farsi and English: Book 9 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB9LZSV9
Book-10 Shahnameh [10/12] - Farsi and English: Book 10 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB9LCNF7
Book-11 Shahnameh [11/12] - Farsi and English: Book 11 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB9LXYRZ
Book-12 Shahnameh [12/12] - Farsi and English: Book 12 of 12 (Shahnameh - Book of Kings) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB9QGVY1
BookSectionEnglishFarsi
Book-011Beginning of The bookآغاز کتاب
Book-012Keyumarsکیومرث
Book-013Houshangهوشنگ
Book-014Tahmuresطهمورث
Book-015Jamshidجمشید
Book-016Zahhakضحاک
Book-017Freydunفریدون
Book-018Manuchehrمنوچهر
Book-029The reign of Nowzarپادشاهی نوذر
Book-0210The reign of Zohakmaspپادشاهی زوطهماسپ
Book-0211The reign of Garsaspپادشاهی گرشاسپ
Book-0212Keykavusکیقباد
Book-0213The reign of Keykavus and his journey to Mazandaranپادشاهی کی‌کاووس و رفتن او به مازندران
Book-0214The battle of Kavus with The king of Hamavarرزم کاووس با شاه هاماوران
Book-0215Sohrabسهراب
Book-0316The story of Siavashداستان سیاوش
Book-0317The reign of Kisra was sixty yearsپادشاهی کیخسرو شصت سال بود
Book-0318discourse on The story of Siavash's descentگفتار اندر داستان فرود سیاوش
Book-0419The story of Kamus Kashaniداستان کاموس کشانی
Book-0420The story of Khaghan-e-Chinداستان خاقان چین
Book-0421The story of Ekwand-e-Deevداستان اکوان دیو
Book-0422The story of Bizhan and Manizhehداستان بیژن و منیژه
Book-0523The story of The Twelve Facesداستان دوازده رخ
Book-0524The great war of Kisra with Afrasiyabجنگ بزرگ کیخسرو با افراسیاب
Book-0625The great war of Kisra with Afrasiyabجنگ بزرگ کیخسرو با افراسیاب
Book-0626The reign of Lohraspپادشاهی لهراسپ
Book-0627The reign of Gashtasp was one hundred and twenty yearsپادشاهی گشتاسپ صد و بیست سال بود
Book-0628The story of Haftkhwan-e-Esfandiarداستان هفتخوان اسفندیار
Book-0729The story of Rostam and Esfandiarداستان رستم و اسفندیار
Book-0730The story of Rostam and Shaghadداستان رستم و شغاد
Book-0731The reign of Bahman-e-Esfandiar was one hundred and twelve yearsپادشاهی بهمن اسفندیار صد و دوازده سال بود
Book-0732The reign of Homay Chehrzad was thirty-two yearsپادشاهی همای چهرزاد سی و دو سال بود
Book-0733The reign of Dara was twelve yearsپادشاهی داراب دوازده سال بود
Book-0734The reign of Dara's son Dara was fourteen yearsپادشاهی دارای داراب چهارده سال بود
Book-0735The reign of Alexanderپادشاهی اسکندر
Book-0836The reign of The Arsacidsپادشاهی اشکانیان
Book-0837The reign of Ardeshirپادشاهی اردشیر
Book-0838The reign of Shapur son of Ardeshir was thirty-one yearsپادشاهی شاپور پسر اردشیر سی و یک سال بود
Book-0839The reign of Ormuzdپادشاهی اورمزد
Book-0840The reign of Bahram Ormuzdپادشاهی بهرام اورمزد
Book-0841Bahram was nineteen years oldپادشاهی بهرام نوزده سال بود
Book-0842The reign of Bahram-e-Bahramianپادشاهی بهرام بهرامیان
Book-0843The reign of Narsi Bahramپادشاهی نرسی بهرام
Book-0844The reign of Ormuzd Narsiپادشاهی اورمزد نرسی
Book-0845The reign of Shapur Zolaktafپادشاهی شاپور ذوالاکتاف
Book-0846The reign of Ardeshir Nikoukarپادشاهی اردشیر نکوکار
Book-0847The reign of Shapur IIIپادشاهی شاپور سوم
Book-0848The reign of Bahram Shapurپادشاهی بهرام شاپور
Book-0849The reign of Yazdgerd Bozorgپادشاهی یزدگرد بزه‌گر
Book-0950The reign of Bahram Gurپادشاهی بهرام گور
Book-0951The reign of Yazdgerd was eighteen years old.پادشاهی یزدگرد هجده سال بود
Book-0952The Kingdom of Qobad lasted for forty-three yearsپادشاهی قباد چهل و سه سال بود
Book-1053The Kingdom of Khosrow-e Noshirvan lasted for forty-eight yearsپادشاهی کسری نوشین روان چهل و هشت سال بود
Book-1154The Kingdom of Hormozd lasted for twelve yearsپادشاهی هرمزد دوازده سال بود
Book-1155The Kingdom of Khusro Parvizپادشاهی خسرو پرویز
Book-1256The Kingdom of Shiruyeپادشاهی شیرویه
Book-1257The Kingdom of Ardeshir-e Shiruyeپادشاهی اردشیر شیروی
Book-1258The Kingdom of Farayinپادشاهی فرایین
Book-1259The Kingdom of Purandokhtپادشاهی پوران دخت
Book-1260The Kingdom of Azardokhtپادشاهی آزرم دخت
Book-1261The Kingdom of Farokhzadپادشاهی فرخ زاد
Book-1262The Kingdom of Yazdgerd.پادشاهی یزدگرد

Top 100 Words

Word Count
به 17881
که 12736
از 10396
بر 8243
را 7622
چو 6211
با 4662
گفت 4147
تو 4087
شد 4068
شاه 4064
همی 4001
او 3781
بود 3764
آن 3625
یکی 3356
همه 3276
اندر 2925
من 2886
در 2737
سر 2714
تا 2649
این 2591
چنین 2507
کرد 2466
آمد 2447
دل 2445
پیش 2445
بد 2099
جهان 2098
پر 2050
بدو 2021
هر 1995
چون 1785
سپاه 1781
داد 1740
پس 1704
دو 1682
نه 1645
راه 1559
سوی 1527
کار 1522
روی 1512
لشکر 1502
چه 1458
تخت 1427
ما 1399
سخن 1392
جنگ 1337
مرد 1308
جای 1307
مرا 1297
دست 1285
هم 1276
گر 1264
گرد 1252
ایران 1239
زمین 1238
گشت 1203
بیامد 1186
همان 1180
روز 1170
یک 1150
باد 1137
کسی 1077
کس 1072
شهریار 1067
بدین 1065
بدان 1051
خویش 1045
تاج 986
اگر 983
نزدیک 977
خون 975
اوی 969
تن 961
رای 958
گنج 948
ای 944
نام 942
کنون 879
رنج 879
آفرین 877
آب 875
نیست 868
کوه 852
ازان 852
زین 826
بران 822
کین 811
نیز 807
گیتی 805
جز 793
رستم 792
چنان 787
پاسخ 787
یزدان 786
شود 786
اندرون 782

 

Aphabel Frequency

alphabet % N
ا 12.95% 249047
ر 9.71% 186724
ن 9.08% 174682
د 8.42% 161986
ی 8.02% 154355
و 6.45% 124133
ه 6.39% 122904
ب 6.07% 116838
م 4.21% 80930
ت 3.88% 74622
ش 3.53% 67857
ز 3.36% 64609
س 3.36% 64564
ک 3.14% 60398
گ 2.84% 54714
خ 1.70% 32789
پ 1.63% 31339
ف 1.35% 25894
چ 1.15% 22089
ج 1.10% 21170
ل 0.88% 16993
غ 0.17% 3331
ژ 0.15% 2822
ق 0.12% 2280
ذ 0.11% 2112
ع 0.07% 1342
ص 0.06% 1174
ط 0.05% 1001
ح 0.04% 755
ث 0.01% 161
ض 0.01% 131
ظ 0.00% 61
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