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Ferdowsi

940 - 1020

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Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی; 940 – 1019/1025) was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries. Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature. Read more on Wikipedia

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

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 writers, 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.

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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.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ferdowsi ranks 29 out of 631. Before him are Bodhidharma (483), Malik-Shah I (1055), Tughril (990), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Tahmasp I (1514), and Khosrow I (501). After him are Nader Shah (1688), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), and Jami (1414).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Ferdowsi ranks 4. Before him are Abu Nuwas (762), Hafez (1325), and Ismail I (1487). After him are Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Jami (1414), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Doris Lessing (1919), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Magtymguly Pyragy (1733).

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