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Abolqasem Ferdowsi

Born

in Paj, Tus, Samanid Empire

December 17, 0934

Died

December 14, 1018

Genre

Poetry, Mythology, Classics

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Abolqasem Ferdowsi (Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی), the son of a wealthy land owner, was born in 935 in a small village named Paj near Tus in Khorasan which is situated in today's Razavi Khorasan province in Iran.
He devoted more than 35 years to his great epic, the Shāhnāmeh. It was originally composed for presentation to the Samanid princes of Khorasan, who were the chief instigators of the revival of Iranian cultural traditions after the Arab conquest of the seventh century. Ferdowsi started his composition of the Shahnameh in the Samanid era in 977 A.D. During Ferdowsi's lifetime the Samanid dynasty was conquered by the Ghaznavid Empire. After 30 years of hard work, he finished the book and two or three years after that, Ferdowsi went to Gha ...more

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Average rating: 4.49 · 8,053 ratings · 786 reviews · 375 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings 4.52 avg rating — 5,563 ratings — published 1010 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam 4.17 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1846 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	رستم و سهراب از شاهنامهٔ فردوسی by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, پرویز ناتل خانلری (به کوشش), Zabihollah Safa 4.37 avg rating — 211 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	رستم و اسفندیار از شاهنامه فردوسی by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Zabihollah Safa (به کوشش) 4.28 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1956 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	شاهنامه حکیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, محمد دبیرسیاقی (Editor) 4.54 avg rating — 131 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rostam: Tales of Love and War from the Shahnameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	‫شاهنامه، دفتر یکم by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Djalal Khaleghi Motlagh (تصحیح و شرح) 4.90 avg rating — 103 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of Seyavash by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Mage Publishers (Manufactured by), Dick Davis (Translator) 4.45 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	‫شاهنامه، دفتر دوم by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Djalal Khaleghi Motlagh (تصحیح و شرح) 4.84 avg rating — 75 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	‫شاهنامه، دفتر سوم by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Djalal Khaleghi Motlagh (تصحیح و شرح) 4.84 avg rating — 64 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Abolqasem Ferdowsi

دوره چهار جلدی شاهنامه استاد خالقی مطلق (1 book)
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Abolqasem Ferdowsi,

Azar Nafisi (Foreword),

Dick Davis (Translator)

4.52 avg rating — 5,563 ratings

Şahnâme - Nimet Yıldırım (1 book)
by

Abolqasem Ferdowsi,

Azar Nafisi (Foreword),

Dick Davis (Translator)

4.52 avg rating — 5,563 ratings

شاهنامه به کوشش جلال خالقی مطلق (8 books)
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Abolqasem Ferdowsi

4.86 avg rating — 427 ratings

داستان‌های کامل شاهنامه به نثر روان (2 books)
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Abolqasem Ferdowsi,

Nimet Yıldırım (Translator)

4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings

شاهنامۀ فردوسی هشت جلدی در قطع پالتویی (8 books)
by

Abolqasem Ferdowsi,

Jules Mohl (Editor)

4.46 avg rating — 26 ratings

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Quotes by Abolqasem Ferdowsi (?)

“I turn to right and left, in all the earth
I see no signs of justice, sense or worth:
A man does evil deeds, and all his days
Are filled with luck and universal praise;
Another's good in all he does - he dies
A wretched, broken man whom all despise.”
― Abolghasem Ferdowsi, Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings

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“But all this world is like a tale we hear -
Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.”
― Abolghasem Ferdowsi, Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings

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“چو ايران نباشد تن من مباد
بدين بوم و بر زنده يک تن مباد
بيا تا همه تن به کشتن دهيم
مبادا که کشور به دشمن دهيم
دريغ است ايران که ويران شود
کنام پلنگان و شيران شود”
― ابوالقاسم فردوسی

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2024 4th Quarter Long Reads

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996, 1088 pages

53 votes, 24.2%

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1962, 658 pages

38 votes, 17.4%

Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore, 1869, 800 pages

33 votes, 15.1%

The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, 1921, 752 pages

29 votes, 13.2%

The Dollmaker by Harriette Simpson Arnow, 1954, 608 pages

27 votes, 12.3%

Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, 1010, 1040 pages

17 votes, 7.8%

East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood, 1861, 704 pages

13 votes, 5.9%

On the Niemen by Eliza Orzeszkowa, 1888, 658 pages

9 votes, 4.1%

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