Hossini, Mehdi

[ 1 ] - Seven armed, elephant-legged Shapour or Saturn? (Study an Image in Iskandarnāma Naghali(1856-57AD)

Iskandarnāma Naghali as the last version of Alexander’s story in the Safavid era, which was republished and illustrated in Qajar dynasty, became one of the most popular folk tales of that time. The story of Alexander has got a special place among folkloric literature due to the various versions of its in prose and poetry and numerous narratives of it in Greek, Pahlavi, Farsi and so on. Thus, th...