Ferdousi: His Life, His Personality and His Work. A Public Lecture . at the Anglo-Persian Institute, Tehran. [Sharh?-i h?a?l va shakhs?i?yat va a?s?a?r-i Firdawsi?]

FERDOWSI - DUAL-LANGUAGE LECTURE PRINTED IN TEHRAN. In Farsi and English, 8vo, stapled binding, some marks ad oxidisation around the staples to the title page and verso of the left facing cover. In the original cerulean wrappers with English titles to the left-facing cover and Farsi to the right, fading along the edges. In very good condition. [1], 17 (English) + 16 (Farsi), [1]. Tehran. British Council. 2 December 1945. Transcript of a lecture given by Sadiq about Ferdousi, discussing aspects of his life, the inspiration for the Shahnameh and providing some samples of the text. Sadiq attests to the critical influence that Ferdousi's work has on Iranian identity. He states that through Ferdousi?s documentation of pre-Arabic Iranian texts that "an Iranian with such a glorious past does not consent to endure baseness: if he is subjected, he will exert himself to be saved." (p.14). Rare.