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Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and swords flashed and showers of arrows descended on all sides.


— Ferdowsi


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And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended.


— Ferdowsi


#close #come #deeds #ended #epic

And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud.


— Ferdowsi


#blood #brave #brave men #cloud #like

Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.


— Ferdowsi


#could #elephants #helmet #host #jewels

How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?


— Ferdowsi


#escape #flee #his #how #man






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Finding it was silver not gold he gave the money away to the bathkeeper a refreshment seller and the slave who had carried the coins. See also

Iranian Studies
Ferdowsi Millenary Celebration
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
List of Persian poets and authors
Persian literature
Sassanid empire
List of mausoleums
Jerry Clinton. There has also been speculation about the satire Ferdowsi allegedly wrote about Mahmud of Ghazni after the sultan failed to reward him sufficiently.

After the fall of the Samanids he dedicated his work to the new ruler Mahmud of Ghazni who was also a great patron of Persian arts and literature. Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī (Persian: حکیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی‎) most commonly known as Ferdowsi (فردوسی; also spelled as Firdausi; 940 – 1020 CE) was a highly revered Persian poet. Ferdowsi spent over three decades (from 977 to 1010) working on the Shahnameh which became one of the most influential works of Persian literature.

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