Ferdowsi, Persian Poet(c. 940-1020)

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Statue of Ferdowsi in Tehran

Just the Facts:

• Name: Abu'l-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi
• Known as: Ferdowsi
• Date: c. 940-c. 1020
• Place: Iran
• Language: Persian
• Who he was: Persian poet; wrote the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), the national epic of Greater Iran
• Included in lists (What's This?): LRP

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