Ferdowsi

Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi was born around 940 in Paj, near Tus, in Khorasan, into a family of dehqans, landowners attached to the traditions of ancient Iran. Very little is known of his life: he was married, lost a son of thirty-seven, whom he mourned in verse, and is said to have undertaken his work to provide a dowry for his daughter. He lived under the Samanids, then under the Ghaznavids. He died in Tus around 1020 or 1025 and was buried in his garden, a religious figure having forbidden his burial in the cemetery; his tomb was rebuilt between 1928 and 1934.

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