Reply from Dr. Mahmood Omidsalar,

Here are some English translations of the Shahnama that my have that tale. Let me point out a couple of things before giving you the bibliography.

The important thing to remember is that in contrast to what is claimed in Shahnama scholarship these days, the story of Rustam's Seven Trials most certainly existed in the original literary prose text from which Ferdowsi
worked. A verse by the poet Unsori that I've already published makes this fact quite clear. The word "khân" in "haft khân" or "seven trials," does not mean "house." This word should be translated as "stage" or "station" in English (something akin to the word "labors" in the labors of Hercules), although etymologically, the word "khân" meaning [heroic] trial or stage, and the word "khâna" meaning "house" (or room in the Persian of Ferdowsi's time) are from the same Indo-European root "*kan-" which means "to dig in" or "fortify," the sense of "house" for this word in the compound "haft khân" is undoubtedly wrong.

At any rate, here are some useful bibliographical references:

Firdawsi. The epic of kings; hero tales of ancient Persia,, retold from Firdusi's Shahnameh by Helen Zimmern, rediscovered & illustrated by Wilfred Jones. New York, The Macmillan Company, c1926.

Firdawsi. The Shah-namah /, of Fardusi ; translated from the original Persian [by] Alexander Rogers. 1st LPP Reprint. Delhi : Low Price Publications [Division of D.K. Publishers Distributors], 1995. (This book was
also published in 1973)

Firdawsi. Shahnamah. English. The Sháh námeh of the Persian poet Firdausí, translated and abridged in prose and verse, with notes and illustrations, by James Atkinson. London, Printed for the Oriental Translation
Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; sold by J. Murray, 1832. Series title: Oriental Translation Fund, London Publications, v. 21]

Firdawsi. Tales of ancient Persia /, retold from the Shah-Nama of Ferdowsi by Barbara Leonie Picard ; illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus. Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, c1993. Series title: Oxford myths and legends

Renninger, Elizabeth D.. The Story of Rustem, and other Persian hero tales from Firdusi,, by Elizabeth D. Renninger; illustrated by J.L.S. Williams. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1909.

Yar-Shater, Ehsan. The lion and the throne /, prose rendition by Ehsan Yarshater; translated from the Persian by Dick Davis ; illustrating a Shahnameh by Stuart Cary Welch. Washington, DC : Mage Publishers, 1998