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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

In Firdausi in Exile there is a strong and manly note audible.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

This tale, "full of the waters of the eye," as Firdausi sings, is the massacre of the Barmecides; a story which has often been told and which cannot here be passed over in silence.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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