Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi فردوسی | |
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An imaginary portrait of Ferdowsi | |
| Native name | Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی |
| Born | 940 Tus, Iran, Samanid Empire |
| Died | 1019 or 1025 (79 or 85 years old) Tus, Ghaznavid Empire |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Early Modern Persian |
| Period | Samanids and Ghaznavids |
| Genre | Persian poetry, national epic |
| Notable works | Shahnameh |
Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی; 940 – 1019/1025) 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.