Chihrdad

Čihrdād nask^[pronunciation?] is one of the lost nasks (books) of the Avesta and survives only as a summary preserved in Dēnkard 8.13.[1]

In the summary, the text is said to have been a history of mankind from the beginning down to the revelation of Zoroaster,[2] and it was an important source for later works like the Šāhnāmeh of Ferdowsi.

References

1. Yarshater, Ehsan (1983). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 1416. ISBN 978-0-521-24693-4. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
2. Bashiri, Iraj (1994). Firdowsi's Shahname. Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan. p. xii. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

External links

• The Denkard's description of the Čihrdād nask.