Ferdowsi
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Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh, which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries. Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.
Statue in Tehran
Statue of Ferdowsi in Tus by Abolhassan Sadighi
Ferdowsi and the three Ghaznavid court poets
Bahram Chobin
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Bahrām Chōbīn or Wahrām Chōbēn, also known by his epithet Mehrbandak, was a nobleman, general, and political leader of the late Sasanian Empire and briefly its ruler as Bahram VI.
Drachma of Bahram Chobin, minted at Arrajan in 590.
Bahram Chobin fighting Bagha Qaghan.
Drachma of the Sasanian king (shah) Hormizd IV (r. 579–590).
Bahram Chobin's night attack against the Sasanian loyalists at Nahrawan Canal near Ctesiphon.