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Author: Firdausi

Biography:

FIRDAUSI (940-1020: WBIS)

The pen name of a Persian poet, author of the epic Shahnameh or "Book of Kings." The name appears under various transliterations: Ferdowsi, Firdawsi, etc. His original name is not certain but he came from an upper-class landowning family, was born and grew up in Tus, and was buried in his own garden there. He married and had at least one son. ("Ferdowsi," Encyclopedia Britannica Online, britannica.com 8 Aug. 2021)

 

Other Names:

  • Ferdoosee
  • Firdousee
 

Books written (6):

London: Printed for T. Cadell, Strand, London, 1788
London: for the author [translator] by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815
Calcutta/ London: printed for the author by [G. H. Huttmann]/ Smith, Elder, and Co., 1828
London: for the Oriental Translation Fund by John Murray and Parbury, Allen, and Co., 1832