Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (فردوسی), 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.
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Translations into English, Persian Epic literature, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Persian poetry, History and criticism, Persian Epic poetry, Adaptations, History, Iranian Illumination of books and manuscripts, Persian literature, Characters, Criticism and interpretation, Facsimiles, Fiction, historical, general, Folklore, Illustrations, Iranian Miniature painting, Kings and rulers, Poetry, 18.66 Iranian languages, Children's stories, Persian, Epic literature, Persian, Fiction, general, Glossaries, vocabularies, LegendsPeople
Firdawsī, Helen Zimmern (1846-1934), Joseph (Son of Jacob), Muḥammad 'Alī Islāmī Nudūshan, Persian, Potiphar's wife (Biblical figure)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL821316A
- GoodReads: 6584435
- ISNI: 000000012145689X
- Library of Congress Names: n79094717
- LibraryThing: ferdowsiabolqasem
- MusicBrainz: d546480b-da32-43ba-b4a7-551e4a3ef355
- Project Gutenberg: 34995
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): SBLV291755
- VIAF: 101359236
- Wikidata: Q43459
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q43459
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- Firdawsi .
- Firdawsi
- Shahnameh Ferdowsi
- Ferdowsi
- Abu'L-Qasem Ferdowsi
- Abolqasem Ferdowsi
- Ferdowsi Tusi
- Abulghasem Ferdowsi
- Abul-Ghasem Ferdowsi
- Firdawsi.
- فردوسی
- Firdawsī.
- Firdawsī
- Firdawsī.
- . Firdawsī
- Ferdowski
- Abu'L Ferdawsi
- Firdausi
- Firdawsī Firdawsī
- Firdawsi Firdawsi
- Firdawsı̄.
- Firdawsĭ.
- Abū al-Qāsim Hasan Firdawsī
- فِردُوسی
- Ferdowsi Tousi
- Abu’l-Qasim Firdawsi
- Firdawsi
- Firdusi
- Firdosi
- Firdausi
- Ferdusi
- Firdawsī
- حَکیم اَبوالقاسِم فِردُوسی طوسی
- Фирдоуси
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