Ferdowsi

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Ferdowsi فردوسی
An imaginary portrait of Ferdowsi
Native name	Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی
Born	940[1] Tus, Iran, Samanid Empire
Died	1019 or 1025 (79 or 85 years old) Tus, Iran, 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,^[2] Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی; 940 – 1019/1025)^[3] was a Persian^[4][5] 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.^[6][7]