Al-Firdawsi
Born on 940
Died on 1020
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi;
(Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی طوسی; c. 940–1020), or just Ferdowsi was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh (“Book of Kings”), which is one of the world’s longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran. Ferdowsi is celebrated as the most influential figure in Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.
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