Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Ferdowsi

Born: 940
Died: 1020 (aged 80)
Bio: Abu ʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi, or Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh, which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Iran and the Greater Iran.
Known for:
- The epic of kings
- The legend of Seyavash
- Das Königsbuch
- Şerîfî Şehnâme çevirisi