Abu l qasim firdausi biography
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Abu l-Qasim Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi's tomb in Tus | |
| Full Name | Hasan Mansur |
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| Teknonym | Abu l-Qāsim |
| Epithet | Hakim Ferdowsi |
| Well-known As | Abu l-Qasim Ferdowsi |
| Religious Affiliation | Shi'a |
| Birth | 329/940 |
| Place of Birth | Paj, Khorasan |
| Place of Residence | Khorasan |
| Death | 411/1019 |
| Burial Place | Tus, Khorasan |
| Era | Mahmud of Ghazni |
| Notable roles | Iranian poet and epicist |
| Works | Shahnameh |
Abu l-Qāsim Ḥasan Manṣūr, known as Abu l-Qāsim Ferdowsi (Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی), (b. 329/940 — d. 411/1019) was an Iranian poet and epicist of the fourth/tenth century. He was born in Paj, a village in Khorasan. One of his famous works is Shahnameh (Book of Kings), in which the lives of the kings of Iran are narrated in poems. Historians have reported that he spent all his wealth in this way, but his effort was not accepted by Mahmud of Ghazni. Some sources considered this denial originating from the religious opposition between Ferdowsi and Mahmud of Ghazni. Sayyid Hasan Amin has considered Ferdowsi's approach in composing Shahnameh, adopted from the Qur'an's method. About Ferdowsi's religion, different views have been mentioned. 'Abd al-Jalil Qazwini was the first person who introduced Ferdowsi as a Shi'a in his book al-Naqd.
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Abu l-Qasim
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The Shahnama
The poet Abu'l Qasim Firdausi did not invent the stories and legends that make up the Shahnama, but undertook the ambitious project of collecting them and setting them to verse. Firdausi was born in the town of Tus, in northeastern Iran, and devoted considerable energy to studying old texts in Persian and Arabic. Poets often dedicated works to rulers, who rewarded them with money in return. When Firdausi finally completed the Shahnama after roughly thirty-three years of careful labor, he set out for Ghazna (in present-day Afghanistan) to present it to one of the most powerful rulers of the period, Sultan Mahmud (reigned 999 –1030). According to legend, when the sultan did not compensate Firdausi adequately, the disappointed and insulted poet gave the money away and wrote a scathing satire about the sultan. By the time Mahmud sent more generous payment under the advisement of his counselors, it was too late—Firdausi had just died.
The Shahnama consists of more than fifty thousand rhyming couplets recounting the deeds and glory of the Iranian kings from the creation of the world to the Arab conquest of Iran in 642. The book is divided into three generally chronological cycles: the mythical past, the time of legendary heroes, and the
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