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The Persian prince of Cheoyong Port, Abitin historical comic

Historical

The Persian prince of Cheoyong Port, Abitin

‘Kush-Nama’, the original of the comic ‘Abitin’, was recorded and written by an Iranian scholar, Irānshāh Ḥakim ibn Abu al-Khayr, around 11th century. It was discovered by Dr. Daryush Achbarjade of Iranian National Museum in 2009. Cultural anthropology professor of Hangyang University, Heesu Lee found out that the information about Silla took approximately 39% of the contents, including the story of war and love of the Persian prince Abitin and Silla princess Prarang.