The story of "Yazdgerd Shahriar" in the Shahnameh refers to a kind of camphor named "Kafour-e Manthur" whose records vary in the Shahnameh manuscripts and printed editions. Considering the cultural background of the story, this kind of camphor has first been traced in Islamic and Arabic texts and then, using the information derived from geographic and medical texts, "Kafour-e Fansur" has been suggested as a more likely record.
Haghighi, F. (2012). "Kafour-e Fansur"]Fansur Camphor[ or "Kafour-e Manthur" ]Powdered Camphor[: Suggesting a Lexical Change in the Shahnameh. New Literary Studies, 45(4), 65-89. doi: 10.22067/jls.v45i4.22946
MLA
Farzam Haghighi. ""Kafour-e Fansur"]Fansur Camphor[ or "Kafour-e Manthur" ]Powdered Camphor[: Suggesting a Lexical Change in the Shahnameh". New Literary Studies, 45, 4, 2012, 65-89. doi: 10.22067/jls.v45i4.22946
HARVARD
Haghighi, F. (2012). '"Kafour-e Fansur"]Fansur Camphor[ or "Kafour-e Manthur" ]Powdered Camphor[: Suggesting a Lexical Change in the Shahnameh', New Literary Studies, 45(4), pp. 65-89. doi: 10.22067/jls.v45i4.22946
VANCOUVER
Haghighi, F. "Kafour-e Fansur"]Fansur Camphor[ or "Kafour-e Manthur" ]Powdered Camphor[: Suggesting a Lexical Change in the Shahnameh. New Literary Studies, 2012; 45(4): 65-89. doi: 10.22067/jls.v45i4.22946
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