Jahangirnameh ( fa, جهانگیرنامه "Story of Jahangir") is an

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in the

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which relates the story of Jahangir son of

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. It is composed in the same

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as the

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

. The author mentions his name as Qāsem-e Mādeḥ in one of the last couplets of the poem. Composed in

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, it contains nearly 3,600 couplets. It was published in

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(Mumbai) in 1309/1886. It should not be confused with another work often called the "Jahangirnameh" but also the ''

Tuzk-e-Jahangiri ''Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri'' or ''Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri'' ( fa, ) or Jahangir-nama ( fa, ) is the autobiography of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (1569–1627). Also referred to as ''Jahangirnama'', the ''Tuzk-e-Jahangiri'' is written in Persian, and follows th ...

''. This is the autobiography or memoirs of the

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Jahangir (1569-1627) in Persian prose. Unlike other poems in Persian, Jahangirnameh contains relatively high number of Arabic loanwords, and the stories also were under Islamic influence. According to Zabihullah Safa, this indicates that the poem is composed in late 6th century AH or early 7th century AH. The poem seems to be largely an imitation of the

Borzu Nama The Borzu Nama (pronounced as Borzū-Nāma or Borzū-Nāme) ( fa, برزونامه) is a Persian epic poem of about 65,000 couplets recounting the exploits and adventures of the legendary hero Borzu, son of SohrabWilliam L. Hanaway, "Borzu-Nama" in ...

. In both stories, Rostam's son is brought up in

Turan Turan ( ae, Tūiriiānəm, pal, Tūrān; fa, توران, Turân, , "The Land of Tur") is a historical region in Central Asia. The term is of Iranian origin and may refer to a particular prehistoric human settlement, a historic geographical re ...

by Turanians and unknowingly fights against his Iranian compatriots. But at the end, he is recognized by Iranians and then joins the Iranian army. Later he is killed by a demon when hunting.

References

{{reflist Epic poems in Persian Persian_mythology Indian poems