What does Firdusi mean?

Firdusi, pravog imena Hakīm Abu’l-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī (na perzijskom :حکیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی ) je poznati perzijski pjesnik, autor epa Šahnama (u prijevodu Knjiga kraljeva ), koji je nacionalni ep Irana i mnogih drugih zajednica koje govore perzijskim jezikom. Firdusi je autor religiozno-ljubavnog epa Jusuf i Zulejha. Firdusi je rođen 935. g.

Who is Firdausi?

Firdausi (934-1020) was a Persian poet of the first rank in the long history of the Persian civilization. He wrote one of the greatest national epics in world literature. Firdausi was born in the province of Tus, some 12 miles northeast of present-day Meshed.

What was Firdausi’s main dissatisfaction with his reward?

Firdausi was 40 when he began the poem and 71 when he finished it. His growing fame at this time led him to the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, in what is now Afghanistan. Firdausi traveled there to present his works. On reading the biographers one is led to believe that his main dissatisfaction was the inadequacy of his reward.

Who is Ferdowsi?

… (Show more) Ferdowsī, also spelled Firdawsī, Firdusi, or Firdousi, pseudonym of Abū al-Qasem Manṣūr, (born c. 935, near Ṭūs, Iran—died c. 1020–26, Ṭūs), Persian poet, author of the Shāh-nāmeh (“Book of Kings”), the Persian national epic, to which he gave a final and enduring form, although he based his poem mainly on an earlier prose version.