Iranshah (poet)
Hakim Iranshah ibn Abi al-Khayr (Persian: حکیم ایرانشاه بن ابی الخیر), commonly known as Iranshah (ایرانشاه; or Iranshan), was a Persian poet who lived in the Seljuk Empire in the 11th and 12th centuries.[1][2]
Iranshah is the author of two
The Kush-nama was written between 1108 and 1111, and is referred to as Qessa-ye Kush-e Pil-Dandan ("the tale of Kush the Tusked") and Akhbar-e Kush-e Pil-Dandan ("accounts of Kush the Tusked") in the Mujmal al-tavarikh. Also mythological in nature, it tells the story of Kush the Tusked (or Pil-gush, "The Elephant-eared"), the son of Kush (brother of the evil king Zahhak).[2]
The modern Iranian historian
The correct spelling of Iranshah's name is uncertain. He is called "Iranshan" in two out of four books of the Mujmal al-tavarikh, while in the other two he is called "Iranshah" and "Inshah."[2] Modern historians refer to him as either Iranshah or Iranshan.[2][5][1] He was a Muslim, albeit it is unknown if he was either Sunni or Shi'i.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Hanaway 1988, pp. 499–500.
- ^ a b c d e f g Matini 2008.
- ^ Askari 2016, pp. 32–33.
- ^ Askari 2016, p. 33.
- ^ Askari 2016, p. 33 (see note 117).
Sources
- Askari, Nasrin (2016). The medieval reception of the Shāhnāma as a mirror for princes. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-30790-2.
- Hanaway, W. L. (1988). "Bahman-nāma". In ISBN 978-0-71009-117-8.
- Matini, Jalal (2008). "Kuš-nāma". Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition. New York.
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