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Persian prose meets pulp fiction: How an 18th-century fairy tale became a multilingual phenomenon
Adhiraj Parthasarathy Mohammed Abdul Aleem
· Aug 04, 2024 · 11:30 am
How Arjuna from ‘Mahabharata’ and Rustam from Iran’s ‘Shahnamah’ are strikingly similar
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· Jul 11, 2021 · 09:30 pm
From India to Iraq, the epic warrior Rustam appears in manuscripts with red hair. Why?
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· Jul 16, 2019 · 09:30 pm
