Ferdowsi

Statue of Firdūsī in Tehran

Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī (935-1020) (Persian: حكیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی) or Ferdowsi is a Persian poet. Ferdowsi was born in Tus. He wrote the Shāhnāma. Shahnama is the national epic of Persia.

Ferdowsi Media

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  Statue of Ferdowsi in Tus by Abolhassan Sadighi

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  Ferdowsi and the three Ghaznavid court poets

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  Mashhad_IRAN(ferdosi was one of greatest epic poets of iran)

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  Reza Shah officially opening the mausoleum of Ferdowsi for public visiting upon conclusion of Ferdowsi millenary conference.

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  Scenes from the Shahnameh carved into reliefs at Ferdowsi's mausoleum in Tus, Iran

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  Mausoleum of Ferdowsi in Tus, Iran

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  One of Ferdowsi's poems: "Think for God's gratification – be intellectual and truthful", written on the wall of a school in Iran

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  Ferdowsi statue in Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran

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  The Sasanian King Khusraw and Courtiers in a Garden, page from a manuscript of the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), late 15th–early 16th century, Brooklyn Museum