The free distribution of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh has begun in Tajikistan
In Tajikistan, the free distribution of Shahnameh, the work of Abolqasem Ferdowsi, the Iranian epic poet, has begun
So far, in the Autonomous Mountainous Region of Badakhshan, Tajikistan, and the districts of Tajikabad, Lakhsh, and Rasht in the east of the country, each family has been given two volumes of the Shahnameh in Cyrillic script
It is planned that 1.7 million families across Tajikistan will receive two volumes of the Shahnameh for free
This book has been printed in a total of 3.4 million copies by Sharq-e Azad Publishing, an institution affiliated with the Presidential Office of Tajikistan
The order to publish and freely distribute the Shahnameh to the people of Tajikistan was issued in December 2023 by Emomali Rahmon, the President of Tajikistan, at an international conference in honor of the 115th anniversary of the birth of Babajan Ghafurov, the author of the book ‘Tajiks’