Persian Literature and Poetry

Poetry

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Saadi

Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī also known as Saadi of Shiraz, was one of the major Persian poets and literary men of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but has been quoted in western sources as well. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the […]

Ferdowsi

Abu ʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Iran and the Greater Iran. Having drafted the Shahnameh under patronage of the Samanid and the Ghaznavid courts of Iran, Ferdowsi is […]