In the course of his translation, under different pretexts, from time to time al-Bundārī refers to his personal circumstances. For example, a remark he makes in the story of Qubād (see al-Bundārī, al-Shāhnāmah, 1/97) leads to the conclusion that he was brought up in Iṣfahān. It is not clear, however, how al-Ziriklī (5/134) and Jalīlī (p. 18) establish the year of his birth as 586/1190. We do not have any information about al-Bundārī’s l…