The singular message that the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi strives to convey is the idea that the history of the Sassanid Empire was a complete and immutable whole: it started with Keyumars, the first man, and ended with his fiftieth scion and successor, Yazdegerd III, six thousand years of history of Iran.
A mensaxe transmite o Shâhnameh é a idea de que a historia do imperio Sasánida era un todo inmutable e completo: comezou con Keyumars, o primeiro home, e rematou co seu sucesor número cincuenta, Yazdegerd III, seis mil anos de historia de Irán.