Firdausi

(fir do̵u′sē)

(born Abul Kasim Mansur) 940?-1020; Pers. epic poet

See Firdausi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Persian epic poet whose Book of Kings (1010) recounts the history of Persia from the arrival of the Persians to the Arab conquest.

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