Ferdowsi
940–c. 1020
Persian poet who wrote the Shahnameh.
Ferdowsi (940–c. 1020) was a poet, born and died in Tus.
- Known as
- Poet
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- 940, Tus
- Died
- c. 1020, Tus
Alive at the same time as Ferdowsi
- Al-Farabi c. 872–c. 950, philosopher
- Erik the Red c. 950–c. 1003, explorer
- Ibn al-Haytham c. 965–c. 1040, physicist
- Leif Erikson c. 970–c. 1020, explorer
- Murasaki Shikibu c. 973–c. 1014, novelist
- Al-Biruni 973–c. 1050, scholar
- Avicenna c. 980–1037, philosopher and physician
Portrait: ca. 1476–86 artist, Public domain.
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