Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi
Abu ʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi, or Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh, 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 celebrated as the most influential figure in Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature. He is widely regarded as the greatest...
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Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and swords flashed and showers of arrows descended on all sides.
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Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.
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And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud.
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And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended.
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How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?
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And day by day were the Iranians weakened, for they were smitten with great slaughter, and the number of their dead was past the counting.
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