This version in verse of the Sehname-i Turki calls himself either Sharifi (=Nobel) or Sharif Amidi, or Husayn b. Hasan Muhammad al-Husayni al Amidi who died in 1514. The first illustrated copy of his work was produced under his own supervision in 1511 in Mamluk Cairo.
Also called: Serif Amidi: Shahnamah I Turki
In this Turkish translation of the Shahnama the lives and deeds of the old kings of Persia are brought back.
- Gayumars (1) seated, surrounded by wild beasts, including a lion, a tiger, giraffe, and horned deer.
Then among the kings mentioned are: Jamshid, Zahhak, Faridun, Manuchihr, Rudabah, Rustam,
Afrasiyab, Zal, Kay Khusrau, Suhrab, Siyavush, Gushtasp, lsfandiyar, Darab, Dara, Iskandar
- Iskandar kills Fur of Hind (2) in singe combat by cleaving him down the middle with his sword.
After his victory over Hind Iskandar goes to China and then to Zanzibar
- Iskandar fights with the inhabitants of Zangbar (Zanzibar).
- Another battle against the solders of Zangbar.
- A third battle against the soldiers of Zangbar.
After some more adventurers;
- Iskandar is relaxing in his camp.
Later on Iskandar dies.
After this more Persian kings are presented: Ardashir, Shah Shapur, Bahram Gur, Qubad, son of Piruz, Kisra,
Hormuzd, Bahram Chubinah, Khusrau Parviz.
The story ends with the poet Firdausi and his dead
(1) Gayumars: first king of Persia.
(2) Fur of Hind: In several epic stories the people of Fur are mentioned to be black and living in India or on an island close to India.
Gayumars seated, surrounded by wild beasts, including a lion, a tiger, giraffe, and horned deer.
Iskandar kills Fur of Hind in singe combat by cleaving him down the middle with his sword.
Iskandar fights with the inhabitants of Zangbar (Zanzibar).
Another battle against the soldiers of Zangbar.
A third battle against the soldiers of Zangbar
Iskandar is relaxing in his camp.