Ferdowsi
c. 940-1020 · Middle East & Persia · Medieval
Persian poet who composed the Shahnameh, a lengthy epic chronicling pre-Islamic Iranian history.
Portrait: ca. 1476–86 artist · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
- Birthplace
- Middle East & Persia
- Known as
- Persian poet who composed the Shahnameh, a lengthy epic chronicling pre-Islamic Iranian history.
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