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فردوسی

Also known as Ferdowsi Tousi, Abu’l-Qasim Firdawsi, Firdawsi, Firdusi, Firdosi, Firdausi, Ferdusi, Firdawsī

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Ferdowsi was a male poet and writer born in 0940-01-03 in Tus. He held citizenship in the Samanid Empire and the Ghaznavid Empire. His native name was فِردُوسی, and his birth name was حَکیم اَبوالقاسِم فِردُوسی طوسی. He wrote in Persian and spoke, wrote, or signed in that language. His religious worldview was Shia Islam.

He is the author of the notable work Shahnameh. His works are held in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ferdowsi died on 1020-01-01 in Tus, where he was also buried. He is described by sources including Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.name: Ferdowsi
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.image: Imaginary depiction of the poet Firdausi. Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din, 1476-1486 (cropped).jpg
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.caption: Posthumous miniature of Ferdowsi, ()
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_date: 940
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_place: Tus, Samanid Empire
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.death_place: Tus, Ghaznavid Empire
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.occupation: Poet
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.notable_works: Shahnameh
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.language: Early Modern Persian
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.period: Samanids and Ghaznavids
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_name: Abolqasem Mansur bin Hassan Ferdowsi Tusi
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.resting_place: Tomb of Ferdowsi, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.children: 2
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.pseudonym: Ferdowsi (main)