Tuesday, December 05, 2006

News at Eleven: Hakim Abolghasem Ferdowsi Toosi (935-1020): Ferdowsi

has been considered as the first Iranian poet of national epics. Most Iranians regard Ferdowsi as the greatest of their poets and for many years they have continued to read and to listen to recitations from his masterpiece, the Shahnameh, in which the Persian national epic found its final and enduring form.

from Persian Journal: First Iranian Kings of Persian Poetry

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