The eleventh-century Shahnameh of Ferdowsi preserves the earliest version of the Alexander Romance in the Persian language, following closely the text in its Syriac translation. The Romance genre func
Iskandar (Alexander) in the Land of Darkness passing by the Water of Life at the edge of which sit his guides Khidr and Ilyas. From a c. 1650 Shahnameh illustrated by Mo'en Mosavver.
Iskandar marries Roshanak. From a c. 1650 Shahnameh illustrated by Mo'en Mosavver.
Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf, folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama
IRAN Miniatur by UNESCO 1957
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Roxana sometimes known as Roxanne, Roxanna and Roxane, was a Bactrian or Sogdian princess who married Alexander the Great after he invaded Persia and defeated Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire.
Alexander the Great and Roxana, 1756 painting by Pietro Rotari
The Wedding of Alexander and Roxane (1898–1899), an engraving by André Castaigne.