John L. Esposito, ур. (1999). The Oxford History of Islam. New York: Oxford University Press. стр. 364. ISBN978-0-19-510799-9. „To support their legitimacy, the Safavid dynasty of Iran (1501–1732) devoted a cultural policy to establish their regime as the reconstruction of the historic Iranian monarchy. To the end, they commissioned elaborate copies of the Shahnameh, the Iranian national epic, such as this one made for Tahmasp in the 1520s.”
Lapidus, Ira Marvin (2002). A History of Islamic Societies (2nd изд.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. стр. 445. ISBN978-0-521-77933-3. „To bolster the prestige of the state, the Safavid dynasty sponsored an Iran-Islamic style of culture concentrating on court poetry, painting, and monumental architecture that symbolized not only the Islamic credentials of the state but also the glory of the ancient Persian traditions.”
Davis, Dick (август 1995). „Review: The Shahnameh by Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi, Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh”. International Journal of Middle East Studies. Cambridge University Press. 27 (3): 393—395. JSTOR176284.
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