Ferdowsi
| Ḥakīm Abu'l-Qāsim Ferdowsī Țusī حکیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی | |
|---|---|
 Sadighi's Statue o Ferdowsi in Roum, Italy | |
| Born | 940 Tus, Samanid Empire (in present-day Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran) |
| Dee'd | 1020 (aged 79–80) Tus, Iran |
| Thrift | Poet |
| Ethnicity | Persie |
| Period | Samanids an Ghaznavids |
| Genre | Persie poetry, naitional epic |
Hakim Abu ʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi (940–1020 CE), or Firdawsi,[1] wis a heichly revered Persie poet an the author o the epic o Shahnameh (the Persie "Beuk o Keengs"), which is the warld's langest epic poetry creatit bi a single poet, an the naitional epic o Iran an the Persie-speakin warld.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Huart/Massé/Ménage: Firdawsī. In: Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Brill, Leiden. CD-Version (2011)