Abu l-Qasim Ferdowsi: Difference between revisions

Sayyid Hasan Amin wrote that at the time of Ferdowsi, some areas of Khorasan, especially Tus, Beyhaq, Paj and Tabiran, were Shi'a and thus, he did not consider it impossible for Ferdowsi to have inclinations toward Shi'a community at that time, and even he pointed about Fedowsi's titles such as Rafidi, attributed to him. Amin mentioned the Shi'a region and atmosphere of Ferdowsi's living place, that people in that region supported Shi'a uprisings and other similar issues as evidences to suggest that he was Shi'a.

Some people did not consider composition of Iranian national epics, an invention by Ferdowsi and considered others such as Mas’udi Marvzi and Daqiqi Tusi prior to him in that. It is reported that when Ferdowsi was 40 years old, it was several years since Daqiqi, the Iranian poet had begun narrating the Iranian national history in poems, but he was killed by his servant before he could finish it.

Ferdowsi decided to finish Daqiqi’s work and turned the history Abu Mansur, the governor of Tus had written and included the history of kings of ancient Iran and the destiny of Iranian nation into poem. Therefore, the history of Abu Mansur known as Shahnameh Mansuri became the most important source for composing Shahnameh by Ferdowsi. He began it in 370 AH and finished it in 400 AH.

In Shahnameh, Ferdowsi has poems about the AHl al-Bayt (a), especially Imam Ali (a), including that,

That the Prophet (a) called Ali, the Master

Ferdowsi is mentioned among Persian poets who was inspired by the words of Imam Ali (a), especially by Nahj al-Balagha. After Ferdowsi, one of the persons who was influenced by Ferdowsi was Ibn Hisam Khusfi, the author of Khavaran Nameh, which he composed under the influence of Shahnameh.

=== Sultan Mahmud’s Reaction toward Shahnameh ===

Religious disagreement between Ferdowsi who was Shi’a and composed poems about the Ahl al-Bayt (a) with Mahmud who was Sunni.

Difference of opinions between Mahmud and Ferdowsi over racial, moral and national issues. Ferdowsi spoked harshly about Arabs and Turks who were among Mahmud’s ancestors.

Some researchers considered that Ferdowsi was born in 934 CE and held a commemoration congress titled as “Ferdowsi Millennium” in 1934 CE. This congress was held in Dar al-Funun in Tehran, where a group of Iranologists and researchers from other countries attended. The reconstructed tomb of Ferdowsi was opened after this congress by the presence of Reza Shah and the participants in the congress.

New designing and reconstruction of Ferdowsi’s tomb in Tus was made by Hossein Lorzadeh and the poems of the tomb were written in calligraphy by ‘Imad al-Kuttab.

Different works in painting, miniature and other works including the movie titled as “Fedowsi” produced by ‘Abdolhossein Sepenta, a play called Dibacheh-ye Novin-e Shahnameh written by Bahram Beyzai were all inspired by the poems of Ferdowsi.

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