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The Shahnameh stories

The Shahnameh library in Roots holds 14 stories, each a short retelling with Ferdowsi's own couplets, linked from Norooz, Mehregan and Yalda.

It is for readers with a Persian connection. A Farsi reader sees a Shahnameh couplet in Persian only.

Step by step

  1. Open Roots and find the Shahnameh stories.

    Stories from the Shahnameh in Roots: fourteen tales Ferdowsi told, each with its theme, from Kayumars and the First Spring to Tahmineh.
  2. Open a story to read the retelling and the couplets.

Checked against Hamdam 2.1, 3 October 2026.

Where these facts were checked
  • hamdam-ios docs/runners/phase55-v2_1-plan.md (2026-10-03)
  • src/data/releaseDetails.ts, the 2.1 release notes, area by area

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