The story is mentioned in Arabic and Persian literature and the poetry of the early Islamic period, including al-Tabari's Tarikh al-Tabari, Mirkhond's Rawzat as-Safa',[1][2][3] Ibn Khallikan's Wafayāt al-Aʿyān,[6] and Ferdowsi's Shahnama, where she is recorded as Mālikah (مالكه), daughter of king Tã'ir (طایر), while the Persian king is Shapur II, instead of Shapur I.[7]