It was a remote predecessor of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh ('Book of Kings'), the 10th-century Iranian national epic, which, it is assumed, drew from a version [2 ] or versions of the Khwaday-Namag. [3 ] Scholars have tried to determine the…
Pres Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan dies unexpectledy, raising questions about succession and stability; Niyazov, who fashioned himself as president for life, easily weathered Soviet collapse, ruling nation with sprawling security…
December 27, 2006 -- Turkmen newspapers today published amendments to the constitution that allow acting President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov to run in February's presidential election, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reported.