Detailed Entry: the Persian poet Firdausi [and James Atkinson] The Shah Nameh . . . .
| Author(s) | the Persian poet Firdausi [and James Atkinson] |
| Unattributed Authorship | No |
| Title | The Shah Nameh . . . . |
| Editor(s) or Translator(s) | Trans. J. Atkinson, Esq., of the Honourable East India Company's Bengal Medical Service |
| Place(s) of Publication | London |
| Publisher(s) | for the Oriental Translation Fund by John Murray and Parbury, Allen, and Co. |
| Publication Date | 1832 |
| Format | 12.5 x 21.5 cm. |
| Pagination or volumes | xxxii + 608 [the translation is mainly in prose with passages of verse included; pages 511-14 and 543-6-8 are in verse] |
| Library | British Library |
| Shelfmark | 14003.d.13 |
| Comment | Atkinson was awarded the Oriental Translation Fund's gold medal for this translation. |
This edition has been verified by examining the copy in the library with the shelfmark noted above.