Samarqandi, Zahiri. The Book of Sindbad (Sindbad-name) / translated from Persian by A. Lomtadze. Tbilisi, 1987. In Georgian.

სამარყანდელი, ზაჰირი. სინდბად-ნამე / სპარსულიდან თარგმნა, წინასიტყვაობა და შენიშვნები დაურთო ამირან ლომთაძემ ; რედაქტორი პროფესორი ა. გვახარია ; საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია, გიორგი წერეთლის სახელობის აღმოსავლეთმცოდნეობის ინსტიტუტი.
თბილისი : „მეცნიერება", 1987. 221 გვერდი ; 22 სმ.
მაგარი ყდა. ტირაჟი 45 000 ც.
ყდა - ძალიან კარგი: მსუბუქი ცვეთა, პატარა ლაქები წინა ყდაზე, ზურგის ბოლოები ოდნავ გაცვეთილი. ბლოკი - ძალიან კარგი: მტკიცე, სუფთა.
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Samarqandi, Zahiri. The Book of Sindbad / translated from the Persian, with an introduction and notes, by Amiran Lomtadze ; editor Professor A. Gvakharia ; Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences, Giorgi Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies.
Tbilisi : "Metsniereba" Publishing House, 1987. 221 pp. ; 22 cm.
Hardcover. Print run of 45,000 copies.
Binding very good: light rubbing, small marks on front board, spine ends slightly worn. Text block very good: firm and clean.

Sindbad-name is the twelfth-century Persian prose version by Zahiri al-Samarqandi of the cycle of the Seven Sages, a frame narrative in which a king's counsellors tell tales to save the life of his son. Composed for the Qarakhanid court in polished, rhythmic prose, the Persian text sets out its author's views on human morals, on systems of government and on religion as their chief support. The Georgian version was prepared by Amiran Lomtadze, who also supplied the introduction and notes, and was issued under the auspices of the Giorgi Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. According to the publisher's annotation, several chapters had been rendered into Georgian in the eighteenth century by the king and scholar Teimuraz II, and this translation gives the Georgian reader the complete text for the first time. A Persian title page, printed in Persian script, faces the Georgian title page, a nod to the original language of the work. The book appeared in a print run of 45,000 copies, so it is not scarce, but a Georgian translation of a Persian classic from the Institute of Oriental Studies is of steady interest to collectors of Persian literature, the Seven Sages tradition, Georgian-Iranian cultural contacts and Soviet-era Oriental studies.