Firdausi

American

[feer-dou-see] / fɪərˈdaʊ si /

Also Firdousi,

noun

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

Firdausi British

/ fɪəˈdaʊsɪ, fɪəˈduːsɪ /

noun

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.

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At first, Firdausi was too shocked to reach out and touch her brother - who can still recall her scream.

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The sight caused Firdausi to burst into tears.

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"There is nothing we didn't do to try to find him," his older sister Firdausi Okezie recalls.

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After her classes one afternoon, Firdausi travelled home unexpectedly and her father, an architect and hotelier, was forced to reveal the heart-breaking truth: Her favourite sibling had been missing for more than a month.

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