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==References == | <p> he pseudonym of Abu-'l Kasim Mansur, the great poet of Persia, born near Tûs, in Khorassan; flourished in the 10th century B.C.; spent 30 years in writing the "Shah Nama," a national epic, but having been cheated out of the reward promised by [[Sultan]] Mahmud, he gave vent to bitter satire against his royal master and fled the court; for some time he led a wandering life, till at length he returned to his birthplace, where he died; a complete translation of his great poem exists in French. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_73084"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/firdausi Firdausi from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73084"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/firdausi Firdausi from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 15 October 2021
Firdausi [1]
he pseudonym of Abu-'l Kasim Mansur, the great poet of Persia, born near Tûs, in Khorassan; flourished in the 10th century B.C.; spent 30 years in writing the "Shah Nama," a national epic, but having been cheated out of the reward promised by Sultan Mahmud, he gave vent to bitter satire against his royal master and fled the court; for some time he led a wandering life, till at length he returned to his birthplace, where he died; a complete translation of his great poem exists in French.