of Lucien Buonaparte.

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[Footnote 5:]

The

Sháh Námeh

is a rhymed history of Persia, in which occurs the famous episode of Sohrab and Rustem. It was written in thirty years by Abul Kásim Firdausí, the last name being given to him by Sultan Mahmúd because he had shed over the court at Ghizni the delights of "Paradise." Firdausí is said to have lived about 950 to 1030. (See The

Sháh Námeh

, translated and abridged by James Atkinson.)

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[Footnote 6:]