Ferdowsi

Persian poet, author of Shahnameh

Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī (935-1020) (Persian: حكیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی) or Ferdowsi is a Persian poet. Ferdowsi was born in Tus. He wrote the Shāhnāma. Shahnama is the national epic of Persia.

Statue of Firdūsī in Tehran