The Effect of Shahnameh on the Literature of the People of Kazakhstan

Ferdowsi's Shahnameh has influenced the literature of other countries, including Kazakh literature. The effect of Shahnameh on Kazakh poets and writers can be examined in two parts. Some of them referred to the themes of Shahnameh and others, imitating their stories and their form, and compiling prose drafts and shahnamehs; because the courage of the heroes of Shahnameh resembles the epic and poetic traditions of the Kazakh people. Hence, the narrative and written narrations of Shahnameh among the Cossacks have a high reputation. This research seeks to study the relation and influence of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh on Kazakh literature through the introduction of several Kazakh poets and writers who are interested in Shahnameh. The paper is descriptive analytically and written using library resources.