Shahnameh

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Shahnameh

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Shahnameh - epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. This book is the 492nd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books and the 398th most popular book in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Shahnameh” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

This article has the best quality in Esperanto Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 492nd most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “Shahnameh”, its content was written by 12 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 2111 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Shahnameh is on the 398th place in local ranking of books in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 492nd place in global ranking of books in all the time.

The article is cited 10 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 7610 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1083 in August 2015
  • Global: #2338 in December 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #16226 in October 2013
  • Global: #16590 in February 2023

There are 53 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Esperanto (eo)
Ŝahnameo
87.6972
2Indonesian (id)
Syahnamah
86.6653
3English (en)
Shahnameh
85.6501
4Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
75.8115
5Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
71.9504
6Basque (eu)
Xahname
68.128
7French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
67.8624
8Hungarian (hu)
Sáhnáme
66.8648
9Catalan (ca)
El Llibre dels Reis
62.1866
10German (de)
Schāhnāme
61.3231
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Shahnameh" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shahnameh
3 382 384
2Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
3 273 296
3Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
672 972
4Turkish (tr)
Şehnâme
580 771
5German (de)
Schāhnāme
342 977
6Arabic (ar)
الشاهنامه
321 097
7French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
283 103
8Japanese (ja)
シャー・ナーメ
217 029
9Spanish (es)
Shāhnāmé
165 831
10Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
114 125
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Shahnameh" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shahnameh
15 886
2Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
11 268
3Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
2 554
4German (de)
Schāhnāme
1 591
5Turkish (tr)
Şehnâme
1 421
6French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
1 407
7Japanese (ja)
シャー・ナーメ
893
8Chinese (zh)
列王紀 (伊朗)
832
9Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
779
10Spanish (es)
Shāhnāmé
688
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Shahnameh" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shahnameh
497
2Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
290
3German (de)
Schāhnāme
166
4French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
128
5Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
86
6Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
86
7Turkish (tr)
Şehnâme
56
8Dutch (nl)
Sjahnama
54
9Arabic (ar)
الشاهنامه
44
10Hebrew (he)
שאהנאמה
44
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Shahnameh" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
3
2Serbian (sr)
Шахнаме
3
3English (en)
Shahnameh
2
4Azerbaijani (az)
Şahnamə
1
5Catalan (ca)
El Llibre dels Reis
1
6Basque (eu)
Xahname
1
7French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
1
8Indonesian (id)
Syahnamah
1
9Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
1
10Dutch (nl)
Sjahnama
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Shahnameh" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
1 738
2English (en)
Shahnameh
1 255
3Arabic (ar)
الشاهنامه
655
4Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
420
5French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
323
6German (de)
Schāhnāme
309
7Swedish (sv)
Shahname
263
8Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
210
9Japanese (ja)
シャー・ナーメ
205
10Spanish (es)
Shāhnāmé
151
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الشاهنامه
azAzerbaijani
Şahnamə
beBelarusian
Шах-намэ
bgBulgarian
Шахнаме
caCatalan
El Llibre dels Reis
csCzech
Šáhnáme
daDanish
Kongebogen
deGerman
Schāhnāme
elGreek
Σαχναμέ
enEnglish
Shahnameh
eoEsperanto
Ŝahnameo
esSpanish
Shāhnāmé
etEstonian
Shāhnāmeh
euBasque
Xahname
faPersian
شاهنامه
fiFinnish
Šahname
frFrench
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
glGalician
Shahnameh
heHebrew
שאהנאמה
hiHindi
शाहनामा
hrCroatian
Šahname
huHungarian
Sáhnáme
hyArmenian
Շահնամե
idIndonesian
Syahnamah
itItalian
Shāh-Nāmeh
jaJapanese
シャー・ナーメ
kaGeorgian
შაჰნამე
kkKazakh
Шахнама
koKorean
샤나메
laLatin
Liber regum (Firdusius)
ltLithuanian
Šachnamė
msMalay
Shahnameh
nlDutch
Sjahnama
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Den iranske kongeboka
noNorwegian
Shâhnâme
plPolish
Szahname
ptPortuguese
Épica dos Reis
roRomanian
Șah-Namé
ruRussian
Шахнаме
shSerbo-Croatian
Šahname
simpleSimple English
Shahnameh
slSlovenian
Šahname
srSerbian
Шахнаме
svSwedish
Shahname
taTamil
சா நாமா
thThai
ชอฮ์นอเม
trTurkish
Şehnâme
ukUkrainian
Шах-наме
urUrdu
شاہنامہ
uzUzbek
Shohnoma
viVietnamese
Shahnameh
zhChinese
列王紀 (伊朗)
zhminnanMin Nan
Shahnameh

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#16226
10.2013
Global:
#16590
02.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1083
08.2015
Global:
#2338
12.2012

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shahnameh from Wikipedia articles about Ferdowsi, Zahhak, Rostam, Kalila and Demna and Jinn. Whereas reading the article about Shahnameh people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Ferdowsi, Rostam, Pishdadian dynasty, Greater Iran and Abu-Mansur Daqiqi.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Shahnameh
zhminnan: Shahnameh

News from 1 July 2026

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