Ferdowsi‘s Shahnameh is one of the most significant documents concerning the Iranian cultural identity. Although this massive literary work is not considered as a mystical one, it plays an important part in the Islamic mystical texts. Hence, one can never think of a separation between the Iranian culture and Islam.
Mowlawi has used the names, characters, and customs of the heroes and heroines of Shahnameh. Hence, in this way, he has a very specific position among the mystics.
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