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Ferdowsi

Abu al-Qasim Mansur bin Hasan Tosi (940–1025), better known by his pen name Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet who is notable for being the author of the Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of the Persian-speaking countries. Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most…

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Notable work
Shahnameh
Occupation
Poet
Born
Abu al-Qasim Mansur bin Hasan Tosi[a] 940 Tus, Samanid Empire
Children
2
Died
1025 (aged 84–85) Tus, Ghaznavid Empire
Genres
Persian poetry · National epic · Khorasan style

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related to Works cited · 329
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related to Influence of Ferdowsi on Iranian and world literature · 42
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related to Etymology · 34
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related to Composition of the Shahnameh · 31
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related to Middle Persian books and sources · 29
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related to background · 28
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related to Legends and anecdotes · 27
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related to Hajw-nama · 23
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related to Daevayasna, Mazdayasna, Zurvanism, and Mithraism · 19
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persian shahnameh ferdowsi’s iran tehran isbn iranian also literature one epic link arabic daqiqi mahmud language va life book scholars

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FerdowsiBornAbu al-Qasim Mansur bin Hasan Tosi[a] 940 Tus, Samanid Empire1.00infobox
FerdowsiChildren21.00infobox
FerdowsiDied1025 (aged 84–85) Tus, Ghaznavid Empire1.00infobox
FerdowsiGenresPersian poetry1.00infobox
FerdowsiGenresNational epic1.00infobox
FerdowsiGenresKhorasan style1.00infobox
FerdowsiLanguageEarly New Persian1.00infobox
FerdowsiNotable workShahnameh1.00infobox
FerdowsiOccupationPoet1.00infobox
FerdowsiPen nameHakim Tos1.00infobox
FerdowsiPen nameHakim Sukhna1.00infobox
FerdowsiPen nameUstad Tos1.00infobox
FerdowsiPeriodSamanids and Ghaznavids1.00infobox
FerdowsiResting placeTomb of Ferdowsi, Razavi Khorasan, Iran1.00infobox
Ferdowsiis asatire in condemnation of Mahmud.Ferdowsi came from a family of landed gentry0.90text
Ferdowsiis aHajw-nama0.90text

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