Ferdowsi
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Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, also Firdawsi (c. 935 or 940–between 1019 and 1026, or just Ferdowsi 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 national epic of Greater Iran. 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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See also
- Iranian Studies
- Ferdowsi millennial celebration
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
- List of Persian poets and authors
- Persian literature
- Sassanid Empire
- List of mausoleums
- Jerry Clinton (1937–2003), US Ferdowsi scholar
- Ferdowsi (1934 film)
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