The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravshan composed two different versions of the story of Barzu in the Tajik as spoken in this area. This is the first printed version including a translation of these stories to appear.

Ravshan Rahmoni is professor of Tajik literature at the University of Dushanbe.Gabrielle van den Berg, lecturer in Persian at the University of Leiden.

The aim of the authors is comparable to the noble mission of the author of the most famous version of the Shahnama epic tradition written down a millennium ago by the poet Firdawsi, who adapted many stories of Persian, Scythian and Parthian folklore and created an iconic collective national identity symbol. Dr F.I. Melville, Head of the Shahnama Centre, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge

Introduction by Rav.an Rahmoni: the Barzunoma in Boysun
2. Translator’s note, Gabrielle van den Berg
3. The story of Barzu as told by Jura Kamol, Pasurxi, Boysun, 1995
4. The story of Barzu as told by Mullorav.an, Pasurxi, Boysun, 2007
5. Appendix 1: The story of Barzu as told by Jura Kamol in the dialect of Pasurxi
6. The story of Barzu as told by mullorav.an in the dialect of Pasurxi