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Ferdowsi | |
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.jpg) Statue of Ferdowsi in Tus by Abolhassan Sadighi | |
| Born | 940 Pazh, Khurasan, Samanid Empire |
| Died | 1020/25 Tus, Khurasan, Ghaznavid Empire |
| Resting place | Tomb of Ferdowsi |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Notable works | Shahnameh |
Ferdowsi
Background edit
Ferdowsi was born in Pazh, a large village near the city of Tus (present-day Mashhad), located in the Khurasan region.[1][2] His precise birthdate has not been documented, but based on his poems, it can be deducted that he was born in 940.[1] He belonged to a family of landholders (dihqan),[1] a class which had existed since the late period of the Sasanian Empire (224–651).[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c Khaleghi-Motlagh 1999, pp. 514–523.
- ^ Feuillebois 2017.
- ^ Miller 2017.
Sources edit
- Dabashi, Hamid (2012). The World of Persian Literary Humanism. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-06759-2.
- Dahlén, Ashk (2016), "Literary Interest in Zoroastrianism in Tenth-Century Iran: The Case of Daqiqi's Account of Goshtāsp and Zarathustra in the Shāhnāmeh", in Williams, Alan; Stewart, Sarah (eds.), The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition, I.B. Tauris, ISBN 978-1784536336
- Feuillebois, Ève (2017). "Firdawsī, Abū l-Qāsim, and the Shāhnāma". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica Online. Brill Online. ISSN 1875-9831.
- Khaleghi-Motlagh, Djalal (1999). "Ferdowsī, Abu'l-Qāsem i. Life". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IX/5: Fauna III–Festivals VIII. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 978-0-933273-33-7.
- Miller, Isabel (2017). "Dihqān". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica Online. Brill Online. ISSN 1875-9831.
- Stronk, Jan P. (2021). "The Perception in Iran in the Medieval and Modern Era". In Jacobs, Bruno; Rollinger, Robert (eds.). A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 1509–1530. ISBN 978-1119174288.