Kalandadze, I. V. The Epic Legacy of Unsuri (Epicheskoye naslediye Unsuri), 1983. In Russian and Persian.

Каландадзе И. В. Эпическое наследие Унсури. / АН Грузинской ССР, Институт востоковедения.
Тбилиси : Мецниереба, 1983.
218 с. : ил. Мягкая издательская обложка, обычный формат (21 см). Содержит текст на языке оригинала (персидском). Тираж 1000 экз.
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Kalandadze, I. V. The Epic Legacy of Unsuri (Epicheskoye naslediye Unsuri). / Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, Institute of Oriental Studies.
Tbilisi : Metsniereba, 1983.
218 pp. : ill. Publisher's softcover, standard format (21 cm). Includes text in the original language (Persian). Print run: 1,000 copies. In Russian and Persian.

This specialized 1983 monograph, published by the prestigious academic house Metsniereba, is a significant contribution to the study of Persian classical literature. Written by I. V. Kalandadze under the auspices of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Georgian SSR, the work focuses on the literary output of Abul Qasim Hassan ibn Ahmad Unsuri (d. 1039/1040), the renowned "King of Poets" at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni.
Unsuri was a pivotal figure in the development of the Persian panegyric and epic traditions. Kalandadze’s research provides a deep philological and historical analysis of Unsuri's surviving works, most notably his contributions to the romantic epic genre, such as the famous but fragmentary "Vamiq and 'Adhra". The author explores the philosophical depth, rhetorical mastery, and stylistic innovations that made Unsuri a model for generations of poets across the Islamic world.
Crucially, this edition includes the text in the original Persian, allowing researchers to engage directly with the linguistic nuances and poetic structure of Unsuri’s verse. The publication reflects the high standard of the Tbilisi School of Oriental Studies, which was one of the leading centers for Iranian and Near Eastern research in the Soviet Union. Kalandadze situates Unsuri’s legacy within the broader context of the Ghaznavid cultural "Renaissance," examining how his poetry interfaced with the ancient epic traditions of Iran.
With a very limited print run of only 1,000 copies, this book was intended primarily for academic libraries and specialists in Persian literature and medieval history. For orientalists, iranologists, and collectors of scholarly rare books from the Caucasus, this volume remains an essential reference for understanding the formative period of Persian classical poetry and the courtly culture of the medieval East.