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Firdausi

American  
[feer-dou-see] / fɪərˈdaʊ si /
Also Firdousi,

noun

  1. Abul Qasim Mansu or Hasan, 932–1020, Persian poet.


Firdausi British  
/ fɪəˈdaʊsɪ, fɪəˈduːsɪ /

noun

  1. pen name of Abul Qasim Mansur ?935–1020 ad , Persian epic poet; author of Shah Nama ( The Book of Kings ), a chronicle of the legends and history of Persia

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In Nigeria's Kaduna state, Firdausi Mohammed Usman has also begun online classes.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2022

Dr. Firdausi Qadri, a leading ICDDR,B researcher, estimated last year that success there would require almost 200 million doses.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2017

His latest: a speech last week at Columbia commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the birth of Persia's Epic Poet Firdausi.

From Time Magazine Archive

The entire early period of the history of modern Persian poetry, from Abbas welcoming with an ode Khalif Mamun into Merv down to Firdausi, may be labelled Khorasanian.

From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)

We must go to Firdausi, the Persian author of that “standing wonder in poetic literature,” the Sháh Námeh, for an explanation of several allusions in the poem.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward