The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shah \Shah\ (sh[aum]), n. [Per. sh[=a]h a king, sovereign, prince. Cf. Checkmate, Chess, Pasha.] A former title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia and Iran. [Written also schah.]
Shah Nameh. [Per., Book of Kings.] A celebrated historical
poem written by Firdousi, being the most ancient in the
modern Persian language.
--Brande & C.
Usage examples of "shah nameh".
The Shah Nameh was composed with the view of perpetuating the remains of the original Persian records or traditions which had survived the Saracenic invasion.
My rucksack contained books like the Shah Nameh, the quasi-mythical history of ancient Persia, and The Adventures ofHajji Baba of Ispahan, a Don Juan-like epic of late-medieval Persia.
The Persian History, if the poetry of the Shah Nameh, the Book of Kings, may deserve that name mentions four dynasties from the earliest ages to the invasion of the Saracens.
The Shah Nameh, or Book of Kings, is perhaps the original record of history which was translated into Greek by the interpreter Sergius, (Agathias, l.