ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (Persian: ; 940 – 1019/1025), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Persian poets such as Ferdowsi, Saadi, Hafiz, Attar, Nezami, Rumi and Omar Khayyam are also known in the West and have influenced the literature of many countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Along with Rumi, Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) is the best known Persian poet in the West. In the Muslim world, however, Khayyam is more often identified with his scientific works rather than his literary accomplishments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abu Al-Qasim Firdausi was a Persian poet. He was the court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni. The Shahnama or Book of Kings is an epic poem written by him in 1010 AD.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rūdakī, byname of Abū ʿAbdollāh Jaʿfar ibn Moḥammad, (born c. 859, Rudak, Khorāsān-died 940/941, Rudak?), the first poet of note to compose poems in the “New Persian, ” written in Arabic alphabet, widely regarded as the father of Persian poetry.