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Aug 18
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Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 1

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In this lesson, we begin our discussion of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh with Dr. Sahba Shayani. We specifically begin covering the first part of the Story of Zal in the Shahnameh.

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