About Ferdowsi:
Hakim Abu ?l-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi is the world's longest epic poetry created by a single poet, and the national epic of Iran and the Persian-speaking world. Having drafted the Shahnameh under patronage of the Samanid and the Ghaznavid courts of Persia, Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential Persian poets of all time, and an influential figure in Persian literature.