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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 introduction which he wrote to his translation is equally valuable especially for the light it throws on the sources of Firdausi.

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

But Firdausi did not at all invent the material of his narrative.

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

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