Quote of the day
My husband is exceedingly busy. For some time the talk of his going had been slack, but just now again there seems to be a move to get him sent to the front!
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