Series
Summary
Includes legends of the early world of Persia, the epic of the Kings, Story-tellers, myths and mythology, and more. Full description
- The Persian world (Empires of the sand
- Picture essay: Echoes of empire)
- Legends of the early world (The valleys of creation
- War at the heart of existence
- The goddess and the warrior
- The gods of ritual
- The first earthly kings
- Years of peace and plenty
- A perfect prince beguiled
- The slayer of demons
- Picture essay: The bounty of Paradise)
- The flames of wisdom (The birth of Zoroaster
- Forces of good and evil
- Tales of creation
- The division of animals
- Visions of the afterlife
- Evil vanquished
- Picture essay: Patterns of perfection)
- The epic of the kings (Zal the white-haired prince
- The boyhood of Rustam
- Sohrab and Rustam
- An ill-starred prince
- The battle with Akvan
- The wars between Iran and Turan
- Kay Khusrow's final victory
- Valorous Isfandiyar
- The death of Rustam
- Sikander the world conqueror
- A dream of kingdoms
- Picture essay: Magic from the sky)
- Land of the story-tellers (The book of 1,000 tales
- The quest for a distant lover
- Weaving tales of wonder
- Prince Ahmed and the peri Banu
- The envious sisters
- The captured bride
- The minstrel tradiion
- How chess came to Persia
- Love lost and found)
- The Persian legacy.