Ferdowsi is considered as the reviver of Persian language who is undoubtedly the king of Persian epic poetry. He was born in 941 A.D in a farmer family who were categorized in the second cast of society. He wrote the book of Shahnameh in 30 years to relate Persian history in order to agitate people against Arab invasion and remind them of their own culture and history.
As he was Shia Muslim he was not allowed to be buried in Muslim cemetery after he died so his family and friends had to bury his corpse in his own garden in Tus which is now his mausoleum.
There had been too many destructions to this place till the Pahlavi era but Reza Shah as a patriot person decided to order to build a great mausoleum for him.
Nowadays millions of people visit this place to commemorate the glory of Ferdowsi and Persian poetry.
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