Editing Shahnameh (section)

=== On Georgian identity ===
[[File:IRAN Miniatur by UNESCO 1957 (8).jpg|thumb|A battle between [[Kai Khosrow]] and [[Afrasiab]], Folio from [[Baysonghor Shahnameh|Baysonghori Shahnameh]], which is part of the [[UNESCO]]'s [[Memory of the World Programme|Memory of the World Register]]. [[Herat]], 1426–1430. [[Golestan Palace]] Library]]
[[Jamshid Giunashvili]] remarks on the connection of [[Culture of Georgia (country)|Georgian culture]] with that of ''Shahnameh'':

{{Blockquote|The names of many ''Šāh-nāma'' heroes, such as [[Rostam|Rostom-i]], Thehmine, [[Sām|Sam-i]], or [[Zal|Zaal-i]], are found in 11th- and 12th-century Georgian literature. They are indirect evidence for an Old Georgian translation of the ''Šāh-nāma'' that is no longer extant. ...}}

{{Blockquote|The ''Šāh-nāma'' was translated, not only to satisfy the literary and aesthetic needs of readers and listeners, but also to inspire the young with the spirit of heroism and Georgian patriotism. Georgian ideology, customs, and worldview often informed these translations because they were oriented toward Georgian poetic culture. Conversely, Georgians consider these translations works of their native literature. Georgian versions of the ''Šāh-nāma'' are quite popular, and the stories of [[Rostam and Sohrab|Rostam and Sohrāb]], or [[Bijan and Manijeh|Bījan and Maniža]] became part of Georgian folklore.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Giunshvili|first=Jamshid Sh.|title=Šāh-nāma Translations ii. Into Georgian|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/sah-nama-translations-ii-into-georgian|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|access-date=28 May 2012|date=15 June 2005|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922140039/https://iranicaonline.org/articles/sah-nama-translations-ii-into-georgian|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Farmanfarmaian in the ''[[Journal of Persianate Studies]]'':

{{Blockquote|Distinguished scholars of Persian such as Gvakharia and Todua are well aware that the inspiration derived from the Persian classics of the ninth to the twelfth centuries produced a 'cultural synthesis' which saw, in the earliest stages of written secular literature in Georgia, the resumption of literary contacts with Iran, "much stronger than before" (Gvakharia, 2001, p. 481). Ferdowsi's ''Shahnama'' was a never-ending source of inspiration, not only for high literature, but for folklore as well. "Almost every page of Georgian literary works and chronicles [...] contains names of Iranian heroes borrowed from the ''Shahnama''" (ibid). Ferdowsi, together with [[Nizami Ganjavi|Nezāmi]], may have left the most enduring imprint on Georgian literature (...){{sfn|Farmanfarmaian|2009|page=24}}}}