The Sikandar Nama, E Bara

Author: Shaikh Nizami of GanjaTranslator: H Wilberforce ClarkePublisher: LP PublicationsYear: 1995Language: EnglishPages: 831ISBN/UPC (if available): 8186142851 DescriptionThis volume is an English translation in prose of the "Book of Alexander the Great, relating to his adventures as a conqueror by Land", authored by Shaikh Nizami of Ganja in Persian verses. The Sikandar Nama consists of two distinct parts - The Sikandar Nama e bara, and the Sikandar Nama, e babri. The later part is relating to the Adventures of Alexander the Great as a Sage and a Prophet, by sea.This volume is the translation of the first part, consisting of 72 cantos, totaling to 6866 couplets of Persian verses. The work covers from the birth of Sikandar, his conquests of Zang, Dara, Ajam, Kayan, Arabia, Burda, Ray Khurasan, Hindustan, Chin, Russia etc. and the Sikandar's Search for water of life.The cantos and the couplets in the book are numbered rendering reference easy. The book also contains alternative ren