{"id":4272,"date":"2025-10-15T20:57:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2025-10-15T21:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:01:55","slug":"report-on-the-shahnameh-manuscripts-transferred-to-the-university-of-hamburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/report-on-the-shahnameh-manuscripts-transferred-to-the-university-of-hamburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on the Shahnameh Manuscripts Transferred to the University of Hamburg"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4272\" class=\"elementor elementor-4272\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac6bdd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aac6bdd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f317031 ahura-dark-mode-filter-texts-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f317031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"610\">On 3 September 2025, Dr. Jalal Khaleghi-Motlagh entrusted the manuscripts behind his critical edition of Ferdowsi\u2019s <em data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"273\">Shahnameh<\/em>\u2014including initial drafts and fair copies\u2014to the Department of Iranian Studies (Iranistik) at the University of Hamburg. During a meeting attended by Prof. Dr. Shervin Freidenzhad, Dr. Khaleghi-Motlagh outlined his editing approach, collation process, and handling of footnotes and variant readings.<\/p><p data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"908\">The report notes heavy corrections in the earliest drafts; one opening page of the <em data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"717\">D\u012bb\u0101che-ye Shahnameh<\/em> bears the date \u201c5.7.81.\u201d It also describes the manuscripts\u2019 sigla (in Latin script) and instances where extra sheets were glued in when space ran short.<\/p><p data-start=\"910\" data-end=\"1526\">Regarding the fair-copy binders, the author records: Volume I and II are complete; Volume III is entirely missing; Volume IV is preserved up to \u201cOn Jahn\u2019s Arrival\u201d (the remainder missing); parts of Volume V are missing (including the stories of Lohrasp, Esfandiar\u2019s Seven Trials, and Rostam and Esfandiar); Volumes VI and VII are absent because they were edited by Dr. Mahmoud Omidsalar and Dr. Abolfazl Khatibi; Volume VIII is complete. In total, seventeen binders exist. Some materials are unavailable because originals were sent to the printer; others are reported as \u201clost.\u201d<\/p><p data-start=\"1528\" data-end=\"1729\">A downloadable PDF version of the report and several manuscript images accompany the announcement. 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