Abu-Mansuri Shahnameh

Abu-Mansuri Shahnameh or The Shahnameh of Abu-Mansur{{cite web|last1=Khatibi|first1=Abolfazl|title=There was a book from ancient times|url=http://www.sid.ir/fa/vewssid/j_pdf/70213811903.pdf|access-date=17 February 2016}}{{cite web|title=Preface of Abu-Mansuri Shahnameh|url=http://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/107316/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C|access-date=17 February 2016}} ({{langx|fa|شاهنامهٔ ابومنصوری}}) was a prose epic and history of Persian Empire before Muslim conquests. It was the main source for the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. The Shahnameh of Abu-Mansur is now lost, but its preface which consists of 15 pages, has survived{{cite web|title=ABŪ MANṢŪR MAʿMARĪ|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abu-mansur-mamari-minister-dastur-of-abu-mansur-b|website=Iranica|access-date=17 February 2016}} and is one of the oldest examples of Persian prose and is considered one of the most valuable heritages of Persian literature. The Shahnameh of Abu-Mansur was composed at the order of Abu Mansur Muhammad in 346 AH (April 957 AD).{{cite web|title=ABŪ MANṢŪR ʿABD-AL-RAZZĀQ|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abu-mansur-mohammad-b|website=Iranica|access-date=17 February 2016}} It was composed by four mowbeds: Old Mākh from Herat, Yazdāndād son of Shāpur from Sistan, Shāhooy-e Khorshid son of Bahrām from Nishapur, Shādān son of Barzin from Tus. Before Ferdowsi, Abu-Mansur Daqiqi tried to versify the Shahnameh of Abu-Mansur, but he died after writing almost 1000 verses. Ferdowsi has included these 1000 verses in his Shahnameh.