HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Firdausi
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AI-Beruni
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Hasan Nizami
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Utbi
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Shahnama or Book of Kings is an epic poem written in 1010 and containing about 60, 000 couplets. Its author was Abu Al-Qasim Firdausi.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh is the most popular and influential national epic in Iran and other Persian-speaking nations. The Shahnameh is the only surviving work by Ferdowsi regarded as indisputably genuine.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Shahnameh (“Book of Kings”, composed 977-1010 CE) is a medieval epic written by the poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi (l. c. 940-1020 CE) in order to preserve the myths, legends, history, language, and culture of ancient Persia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mahmud patronized the notable poet Firdausi, who after labouring 27 years, went to Ghazni and presented the Shahnameh to him.