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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

Bland assigns about the Tenth century, between the time of the death of Al Razi the physician of Bagdad, and that of the poet Firdausi, as the age of the document.

From Chess History and Reminiscences by Bird, H. E. (Henry Edward)

Such a suspicion is contradicted by the coincidences with other sources which, like Firdausi, are independent of him.

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

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