Ferdowsi was born in 940 CE in a small village near Tous in Iran’s eastern Khorasan Razavi Province.
He is best known for his magnum opus, Shahnameh (Book of the Kings), which is a classic in epic Persian poetry and recounts Iran’s mythical and historical past.
The book which had great influence on the nation’s cultural heritage, chronicles the legendary history of the pre-Islamic kings of Iran from Keyumars to Yazdegerd III.
An illustration depicting Rostam, the epic hero of Shahnameh, talking to Iranian generals
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