Chihrdad
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Čihrdād nask[pronunciation?]is one of the lostnasks (books) of theAvestaand survives only as a summary preserved inDēnkard8.13.[1]
In the summary, the text is said to have been a history of mankind from the beginning down to the revelation ofZoroaster,[2]and it was an important source for later works like theŠāhnāmehofFerdowsi.
References
[edit]- ^Yarshater, Ehsan (1983).The Cambridge History of Iran.Cambridge University Press. p. 1416.ISBN978-0-521-24693-4.Retrieved2008-09-28.
- ^Bashiri, Iraj (1994).Firdowsi's Shahname.Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan. p. xii.Retrieved2008-09-28.
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