Schriftsteller

Ferdowsi

940 - 1020

Ferdowsi

Abu l-Qasem-e Firdausi, auch Firdosi, Firdusi, Firdousi, Ferdosi, Ferdowsi oder Ferdousi (persisch ابوالقاسم فردوسی, DMG Abū ʾl-Qāsim-i Firdausī; geboren 940 in Bāž (genannt auch Tabaran-e Tus), einem Dorf im Bezirk Tus, Iran (bei Maschhad); gestorben um 1020 in Tus), war ein persischer Dichter und einer der größten Epiker. Er ist der Autor des monumentalen, etwa 55.000 Verse umfassenden Schāhnāme (deutsch „Buch der Könige“), des Nationalepos der persischsprachigen Welt, das zu einem kleinen Teil vom Dichter Daqīqī begonnen wurde. Mit dem Schāhnāme hat Firdausi das weltgrößte Epos eines Einzeldichters geschaffen. Eigen- und Vatersname Firdausis wurden unterschiedlich überliefert, so etwa Abu l-Kasim Mansur. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 100 in 2024). Ferdowsi is the 242nd most popular schriftsteller (down from 220th in 2024), the 29th most popular biography from Iran (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Schriftsteller.

The Persian poet Ferdowsi is most famous for his epic poem, the Shahnameh, which is the national epic of Iran.

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Among Schriftstellers

Among schriftstellers, Ferdowsi ranks 242 out of 7,302. Before him are Shota Rustaveli, William Blake, Truman Capote, Lucian, Friedrich Schlegel, and Juvenal. After him are Prosper Mérimée, Lou Andreas-Salomé, W. H. Auden, Gerhart Hauptmann, C. S. Lewis, and Mansur Al-Hallaj.

Most Popular Schriftstellers in Wikipedia

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Shota Rustaveli
1172 - 1216
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 236
William Blake
1757 - 1827
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 237
Truman Capote
1924 - 1984
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 238
Lucian
120 - 200
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 239
Friedrich Schlegel
1772 - 1829
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 240
Juvenal
50 - 200
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 241
Ferdowsi
940 - 1020
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 242
Prosper Mérimée
1803 - 1870
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 243
Lou Andreas-Salomé
1861 - 1937
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 244
W. H. Auden
1907 - 1973
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 245
Gerhart Hauptmann
1862 - 1946
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 246
C. S. Lewis
1898 - 1963
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 247
Mansur Al-Hallaj
858 - 922
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 248

Contemporaries

Among people born in 940, Ferdowsi ranks 2. Before him is Hugh Capet. After him are Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Mieszko I of Poland, Eadwig, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Ibn Sahl, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, and Baldwin III, Count of Flanders. Among people deceased in 1020, Ferdowsi ranks 2. Before him is Leif Erikson. After him are Al-Sijzi, Abhinavagupta, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, Melus of Bari, Trdat, Malusha, Gagik I of Armenia, and Ælfric of Eynsham.

Others Born in 940

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Hugh Capet
POLITICIAN
940 - 996
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 1
Ferdowsi
WRITER
940 - 1020
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 2
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani
MATHEMATICIAN
940 - 998
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 3
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
POLITICIAN
940 - 997
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 4
Mieszko I of Poland
POLITICIAN
940 - 992
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 5
Eadwig
POLITICIAN
940 - 959
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 6
Leopold I, Margrave of Austria
POLITICIAN
940 - 994
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 7
Abu-Mahmud Khojandi
ASTRONOMER
940 - 1000
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 8
Ibn Sahl
MATHEMATICIAN
940 - 1000
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 9
Abū Sahl al-Qūhī
MATHEMATICIAN
940 - 1000
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 10
Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar
COMPANION
940 - 1000
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 11
Baldwin III, Count of Flanders
POLITICIAN
940 - 962
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1020

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Leif Erikson
EXPLORER
970 - 1020
HPI: 88.25
Rank: 1
Ferdowsi
WRITER
940 - 1020
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 2
Al-Sijzi
MATHEMATICIAN
945 - 1020
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 3
Abhinavagupta
PHILOSOPHER
950 - 1020
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 4
Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
MILITARY PERSONNEL
901 - 1020
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 5
Åsta Gudbrandsdatter
POLITICIAN
970 - 1020
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 6
Melus of Bari
NOBLEMAN
1000 - 1020
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 7
Trdat
ARCHITECT
950 - 1020
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 8
Malusha
POLITICIAN
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 9
Gagik I of Armenia
POLITICIAN
989 - 1020
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 10
Ælfric of Eynsham
WRITER
955 - 1020
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 11