Firdusi

Role: poet · First appears: Firdusi's Invocation

Life events

• Firdusi tells that Alí was married to Fatima.(Firdusi's Invocation)
  • With: Alí Fatima
  • “The fourth was Alí; he, the spouse adored Of Fatima, then spread the saving word.”
• Firdusi tells that Mahmud sentenced him to be crushed by elephants.(Firdusi's Satire on Mahmud)
  • With: Mahmud
  • “Why was I sentenced to be trod upon, And crushed to death by elephants?”
• Firdusi tells that Mahmud cheated him of his pledged reward.(Firdusi's Satire on Mahmud)
  • With: Mahmud
  • “And now, deceived and scorned, the aged bard Is basely cheated of his pledged reward!”

Firdusi's Invocation

• with Mahmud (Mahmud approves and praises Firdusi's poem.) “All blest with learning read, and read again, The sovereign smiles, and thus approves my strain: ‘Richer by far, Firdusi, than a mine Of precious gems, is this bright lay of thine.’”

Firdusi's Satire on Mahmud

• enemies with Mahmud “Why was I sentenced to be trod upon, And crushed to death by elephants? By one Whose power I scorn! Couldst thou presume that I Would be appalled by thee, whom I defy?”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Sháh Námeh. Made with Rho MD.