| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:poetry 
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                                | gptkbp:adaptedInto | gptkb:film gptkb:opera
 gptkb:television_series
 gptkb:theatre
 
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                                | gptkbp:author | gptkb:Ferdowsi 
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                                | gptkbp:commissionedBy | gptkb:Mahmud_of_Ghazni 
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                                | gptkbp:countryOfOrigin | gptkb:Iran 
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                                | gptkbp:dateWritten | c. 977–1010 CE 
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                                | gptkbp:genre | gptkb:poetry 
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                                | gptkbp:impact | basis for many later works in Persian literature influenced storytelling in Central Asia
 inspired Persian miniature painting
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:painting gptkb:religious_art
 gptkb:Persian_literature
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Persian 
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                                | gptkbp:mainCharacter | gptkb:Afrasiab gptkb:Fereydun
 gptkb:Jamshid
 gptkb:Kay_Khosrow
 gptkb:Sohrab
 gptkb:Rostam
 gptkb:Zal
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | gptkb:Shahnameh_of_Shah_Tahmasp gptkb:Baysonghor_Shahnameh
 gptkb:Great_Mongol_Shahnameh
 
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                                | gptkbp:preservedIn | numerous illustrated manuscripts 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | national epic of Greater Iran 
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                                | gptkbp:structure | three parts: mythical, heroic, historical 
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                                | gptkbp:subject | mythical and historical past of Persia 
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                                | gptkbp:theme | fate heroism
 good vs evil
 kingship
 Iranian identity
 loss and tragedy
 
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                                | gptkbp:translatedInto | gptkb:Arabic gptkb:French
 gptkb:German
 gptkb:Russian
 gptkb:Urdu
 English
 Turkish
 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Memory of the World Register (2010) 
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                                | gptkbp:verseNumber | about 50,000 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Shahnama_manuscripts 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Shahnama (Book of Kings) 
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