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Ferdowsi

Also known as Ferdowsi Tousi, Abu’l-Qasim Firdawsi, Firdawsi, Firdusi, Firdosi, Firdausi, Ferdusi, Firdawsī

thumb|Statue of Ferdowsi in Tus by Abolhassan Sadighi Abolqasem Mansour bin Hassan Tusi (940–1025), better known by his pen name Ferdowsi, was a Persian 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.

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Ferdowsi (940–1025) was a Persian poet best known for writing the Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single author and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries. He is celebrated as one of the most influential figures in Persian literature and in the history of literature overall.

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Born: 1019/1025
Died: 940
Works: 212

Top works

Shāhnāmah-i Firdawsī
Firdausi
Īrān va jahān az nigāh-i Shāhnāmah
Kitāb-i Shāhnāmah
Königsbuch (Schahname)

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Iran
Active from: 940
Active to: 1020

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Listeners: 45
Total plays: 336

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Quotes

“Now there was fought a battle such as men have not seen the like. And the earth was covered with steel, and arrows fell from the clouds like hail, and the ground was torn with hoofs, and blood flowed like water upon the plains. And the dead lay around in masses, and the feet of the horses could not stir because of them.”
“I turn to right and left, in all the earthI see no signs of justice, sense or worth:A man does evil deeds, and all his daysAre filled with luck and universal praise;Another's good in all he does—he diesA wretched, broken man whom all despise.”
“O my son, thy lips still smell of milk, and thy heart should go out to pleasure. But the days are grave, and Iran looketh unto thee in its danger.”

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Key facts

Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.name: Ferdowsi
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.image: Imaginary depiction of the poet Firdausi. Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din, 1476-1486 (cropped).jpg
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.caption: Posthumous miniature of Ferdowsi, ()
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_date: 940
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_place: Tus, Samanid Empire
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.death_place: Tus, Ghaznavid Empire
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.occupation: Poet
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.notable_works: Shahnameh
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.language: Early Modern Persian
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.period: Samanids and Ghaznavids
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_name: Abolqasem Mansur bin Hassan Ferdowsi Tusi
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.resting_place: Tomb of Ferdowsi, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.children: 2
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.pseudonym: Ferdowsi (main)

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Wikidata facts

Image: Ferdowsi Square (Tehran) (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Ferdowsi
date of birth: 0940-01-03
date of death: 1020-01-01
Commons Creator page: Ferdowsi
birth name: حَکیم اَبوالقاسِم فِردُوسی طوسی
Commons gallery: Ferdowsi
name in native language: فِردُوسی

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Contents

Life
Family
Background
Life as a poet
Tomb
Name
Legends and anecdotes
In the modern era
Birth
Name and identity
Upbringing and development
Education and learning
Family
Works
Composition of the ''Shahnameh''
''Hajw-nama''
Historical background
Persian language and literature in Ferdowsi’s time
Intellectual and literary influences
Daevayasna, Mazdayasna, Zurvanism, and Mithraism
Khosravani wisdom
Middle Persian books and sources
Shu‘ubiyya
Khorasani style and earlier poets (especially Rudaki and Daqiqi)
Influence of Ferdowsi on Iranian and world literature
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
Works cited
General references
External links

Researchers believe that Ferdowsi began composing the Shahnameh based on the Abu-Mansuri Shahnameh at the age of 30. The only poem that has been clarified about him is the Shahnameh itself. The Shahnameh is Ferdowsi's most famous poem and one of the greatest writings of ancient Persian literature. Ferdowsi completed the Shahnameh in 944, three years before Mahmud's accession to the throne. In 1010, Ferdowsi completed the second edition. Other poems have also been attributed to Ferdowsi, most of which are baseless. The most famous of them are the Masnavi of Yusuf and Zulaikha. Another poem that is known to be by Ferdowsi is a satire in condemnation of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.