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"Translator Kaveh Hemmat has provided us a vigorous and fast-moving text. . . . [that] entertains and instructs us as much as it did the readers at the court of the Seljuks." * Asian Review of Books *
"This edition from the University of California Press is especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Islamic Literary Fiction collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists." * Midwest Book Review *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text
Introduction

The Epic of Kush
Invocation
Frame Tale
A Story [of Alexander’s Travels in the East]

The Story of Kush the Tusked
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Epilogue

Index

The Kushnameh

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    A Paperback / softback by Iranshah, Hee Soo Lee, Kaveh L. Hemmat

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 19/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9780520385306, 978-0520385306
      ISBN10: 0520385306
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Translator Kaveh Hemmat has provided us a vigorous and fast-moving text. . . . [that] entertains and instructs us as much as it did the readers at the court of the Seljuks." * Asian Review of Books *
      "This edition from the University of California Press is especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Islamic Literary Fiction collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists." * Midwest Book Review *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Note on the Text
      Introduction

      The Epic of Kush
      Invocation
      Frame Tale
      A Story [of Alexander’s Travels in the East]

      The Story of Kush the Tusked
      Chapter 1
      Chapter 2
      Chapter 3
      Chapter 4
      Chapter 5
      Chapter 6
      Epilogue

      Index

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