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Hakīm Abu'l-Qāsim Firdowsī Tūsī, more commonly transliterated as Ferdowsi (or Firdausi, Firdavsi), (940–1020 C.E.) is a highly revered Persian poet. He was the author of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Iran and related societies. !!!!! This is a notes page presentation. If you want more information, read speaker notes or after the download, follows the steps: File-new-read only-view-notes page!!!!TRANSCRIPT
Monument of Ferdowsi on his memorial square in Tehran. At the feet of the poet the heroes of his epic Shahnameh: Future hero Zal and bird Simurgh.Ferdowsi by Master Sadighi
The Shahnameh ("The Book of Kings") is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic of the cultural sphere of Greater Persia.
Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and historical past of (Greater) Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.
Sound: delbar by Alireza Eftekhari and Shirazi by Jahan
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Arangement: Sanda Foişoreanu