Ferdowsi is one of Iran’s biggest world-renowned poets. Taking him 30 years to complete, his epic, Shahnameh, is a true masterpiece of literature.
Being the longest poem in the world, to be written by a single poet, Shahnameh played a very crucial role in preserving the Persian culture and language; through the years of the invasion of Iran.
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For those very reasons, this poet has achieved a high order of honor and respect among the Persian people.