Ferdowsi
Persian poet, author of Shahnameh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For places called and other people named Ferdowsi, see Ferdowsi (disambiguation).
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی; 940 – 1019/1025),[2] also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (فردوسی),[3] was a Persian[4][5] poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries. Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.[6][7]
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Ferdowsi فردوسی | |
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Native name | Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی |
Born | 940[1] Tus, Iran, Samanid Empire |
Died | 1019 or 1025 (87 years old) Tus, Iran, Ghaznavid Empire |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Early Modern Persian |
Period | Samanids and Ghaznavids |
Genre | Persian poetry, national epic |
Notable works | Shahnameh |
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