Varka and Golshah, also Varqeh and Gulshah, Varqa o Golšāh (ورقه و گلشاه, Varqa wa Golshāh), is an 11th-century Persian epic in 2,250 verses, written by the poet Ayyuqi.[1] In the introduction, the author eulogized the famous Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud of Ghazni (r.998–1030).[1]
Varka and Golshah inspired the French medieval romantic story Floris and Blancheflour.[2]