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Iran’s greatest epic poet Ferdosi was born in about 940, near Toos. He lived in Toos
and was the son of a landowner. Almost every Iranian can recite part of the
Shahnameh or Book of Kings, composed in 994 ND., taking him over 25
years to complete 50,000 couplets, or double verses the early history of
Persia. Ferdosi developed rubai (quatrain) epochal style of historical poems.
The Shahnameh, based on ancient sources that interweaves Persian myths, legends,
and historical events, relates the history of Iran from the creation of the
world to the Arab conquest in the seventh century. From numerous sources
including many oral histories he created this tome of the entire history of the
Iranian people. Even today, story tellers known as naqqal can recount large
parts of Shahnameh from memory.
Statue Of Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi, is buried at Toos, near Mashad where his statue also
stands.
