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Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi , or just Ferdowsi was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh , which is one of the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran. Ferdowsi is celebrated as the most influential figure in Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature. Wikipedia  

✵ 940 – 1020
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Famous Ferdowsi Quotes

“Mighty is he who has knowledge”

Ferdowsi

Variant translation: One who has wisdom is powerful

“O my son, thy lips still smell of milk, and thy heart should go out to pleasure. But the days are grave, and Iran looketh unto thee in its danger.”

Ferdowsi book Shahnameh

Translation of Helen Zimmern http://classics.mit.edu/Ferdowsi/kings.5.rustem.html <br class="br">Shahnameh

“Now there was fought a battle such as men have not seen the like. And the earth was covered with steel, and arrows fell from the clouds like hail, and the ground was torn with hoofs, and blood flowed like water upon the plains. And the dead lay around in masses, and the feet of the horses could not stir because of them.”

Ferdowsi book Shahnameh

Translation of Helen Zimmern http://classics.mit.edu/Ferdowsi/kings.14.defeatafrasiyab.html <br class="br">Shahnameh

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