Samak the Ayyar: A Tale of Ancient Persia
Freydoon Rassouli, "Samak the Ayyar: A Tale of Ancient Persia"
English | ISBN: 0231198795 | 2021 | 464 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0231198795 | 2021 | 464 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The adventures of Samak, a trickster-warrior hero of Persia’s thousand-year-old oral storytelling tradition, are beloved in Iran. Samak is an ayyar, a warrior who comes from the common people and embodies the ideals of loyalty, selflessness, and honor―a figure that recalls samurai, ronin, and knights yet is distinctive to Persian legend. His exploits―set against an epic background of palace intrigue, battlefield heroics, and star-crossed romance between a noble prince and princess―are as deeply rooted in Persian culture as are the stories of Robin Hood and King Arthur in the West. However, this majestic tale has remained little known outside Iran.
Translated from the original Persian by Freydoon Rassouli and adapted by
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