1 This article by Iraj Bashiri is from Firdowsi's Shahname: 1000 Years After, pp. 178-188. 1
2 See Yarshater, 1983, pp. 325, 345-6, 371-2; Boyce, 1975, p. 151. 2
3 Bashiri, "Turk and Tur in Firdowsi's Shahnameh" (forthcoming). See also, Yaqubov, "Tur and the Turanians," in "Part Two" of the present volume. 3
4 For the division of the farr among the priests, princes/warriors, and the common people after Jamshid's fall from grace, see Filippani-Ronconi, p. 63. 4
5 For a detailed study of the life of Firdowsi, see "Part One" of the present work. See also Mahmadaminov's article in "Part Two" of this volume where Sadriddin Aini's study of Firdowsi's life and time as well as the problems surrounding the authorship of his Shahname are discussed. 5
6 See "The Shahname Epistles," in "Part Two" of the present volume. 6 7 Bashiri, 1988, pp. 598-604. 7 8 Boyce, 1979, p. 10; Bashiri, 1988, pp. 2364-69; Filippani-Ronconi, p. 65. 8 10 See, Zuka, 1973, pp. 14-22. 10 11 Mirbabayev, 1987, p. 524. 11 12 Browne, vol. I, 1919, p. 139. 12 13 Cf., Hinnells, 1975, p. 100. 13 15 See also "Tur and Turanians" in "Part Two" of the present volume for a discussion of the more recent attempts at distancing the Tajiks from their past. 15