Ferdowsi

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Ferdowsi was a renowned 10th–11th century Persian poet best known for composing the epic Shahnameh, a cornerstone of Persian literature and cultural identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian poet
epic poet
person
poet
birthPlace Iran
Khorasan
Tus
centuryOfBirth 10th century
centuryOfDeath 11th century
commemoratedBy Ferdowsi Day
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
countryOfCitizenship Iran
culture Persian culture
dateOfBirth c. 940
dateOfDeath c. 1020
describedAs national poet of Iran
ethnicGroup Persian
fieldOfWork epic literature
poetry
fullName Ferdowsi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abul-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi
genre epic poetry
givenName Abul-Qasim
hasMonument Tomb of Ferdowsi
influenced Iranian cultural identity
Persian literature
Persian nationalism
knownFor composing the Shahnameh
influencing Persian cultural identity
reviving the Persian language
languageOfWorkOrName Persian
movement Islamic Golden Age
Persian literature
nativeName Ferdowsi self-linksurface differs
surface form: ابوالقاسم فردوسی
notableWork Books of Kings
surface form: Book of Kings

Shahnameh
occupation author
poet
placeOfBurial Tomb of Ferdowsi
Tus
placeOfDeath Khorasan
Tus
religion Islam
Shia Islam
timePeriod 10th century
11th century
workLanguage Persian language
surface form: Persian
wroteAbout heroic epics of Iran
mythological kings of Iran
pre-Islamic Iranian history

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Shahnameh author Ferdowsi
Arash Ferdowsi familyName Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi fullName Ferdowsi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abul-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi
Ferdowsi nativeName Ferdowsi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ابوالقاسم فردوسی
Mashhad notableNearbyBurial Ferdowsi
Persian notablePoets Ferdowsi
Persians notableWriter Ferdowsi