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Firdausi
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Fir·dau·si  (fîr-dous) also Fir·du·si (fr-d-) Pen name of Abul Kasim Mansur. 940?-1020?
Persian epic poet whose Book of Kings (1010) recounts the history of Persia from the arrival of the Persians to the Arab conquest.
Firdausi [fɪəˈdaʊsɪ], Firdusi [fɪəˈduːsɪ]
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(Biographies / Firdausi (?935-1020) M, Persian, WRITING: poet) 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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