An Introduction to an Ancient and Recent Scroll

Narrative scrolls are an important part of the folklore fiction that have not been properly addressed so far. Sometimes inside the scroll there are even some antique points and narrations that are not mentioned in Shahnameh and the heroic poems influenced by Shahnameh. In order to comprehend the epic and heroic texts more accurately, familiarizing with these narrations is an effective method. Therefore, collecting, preserving, scientifically proofreading and publishing these scrolls are fundamental. To this aim, the authors of this article have proofread the content of one of the ancient scrolls. The mentioned scroll which is kept in the National Library with the following registry number, 35098/5, was written in 1208 AH in Tehran. The scroll is important from different angles, including some of its narrative points. In this paper, some of the features of the aforementioned scroll, especially its new fictional points have been examined.