What is Ferdowsi?
[[File:Ferdowsi Square (Tehran).jpg|thumb|Statue of Firdūsī in [[Tehran]]]] '''Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī''' ([[935]]-[[1020]]) ({{lang-fa|حكیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی}}) or '''Ferdowsi''' is a [[Persian people|Persian]] [[poet]]. Ferdowsi was born in Tus. He wrote the ''[[Shahnameh|Shāhnāma]]''. Shahnama is the national epic of [[Iran|Persia]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferdowsi}} [[Category:935 births]] [[Category:1020 deaths]] [[Category:Persian poets]]