Chihrdad

Čihrdād nask is one of the lost nasks 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 9780521246934. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y7IHmyKcPtYC&pg=RA3-PA1416&dq=Chihrdad&sig=ACfU3U2UUGMXt056zUwhPsqC9MVOW-WNMA. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 
2. ^ Bashiri, Iraj (1994). Firdowsi's Shahname. Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan. p. xii. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oyBkAAAAMAAJ&q=Chihrdad&dq=Chihrdad&pgis=1. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 

External links

• The Denkard's description of the Čihrdād nask.