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General Info | TEI
| Name | al- Asadī al-Ṭūsī, Abū Manṣūr ‘Alī Ibn Aḥmad |
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| ID | 7664 |
| Gender | male |
| Notes | |
| References | http://viaf.org/viaf/89403732 |
| Lifespan | 390 AH - 465 AH |
| Professions | grammarian, scribe, Poet |
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| Uri(s) |
https://nomansland.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/entity/7664/ |
| References | http://viaf.org/viaf/89403732 |
Relations
Person
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Person |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | thaught by | al-Firdawsī, Abū l-Qāsim |
Place
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Place |
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| — | — | born in | Ţūs (Khurasan) |
| — | — | lived in | Ţūs (Khurasan) |
| — | — | lived in | Nakhchivan |
Work
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Work |
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| — | — | author of | Lughat-i Furs |
Label
| Label | Start | End | Label type | ISO Code |
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| اسدى طوسى، ابو منصور احمد بن على | — | — | name in Arabic script | per |
Texts
Bionote
He was a poet, linguist and copyist, from Ṭūs in Khorasan. Little is known about Asadī’s life. He spent his first twenty years in Ṭūs; in the 410s and 420s AH, we find him serving as a poet at the court of the Daylamite Abū Naṣr Jastān, where in 447 AH he copied the Kitāb al-abnīa ʿan ḥaqāʾiq al-adwīa of Abū Manṣūr Muwaffaq Harawī (q.v.). Later he went to Nakhjivān where in 458 AH he finished the epic Garshāspnāma, which he dedicated to Abū Dulaf, Nakhjivān’s ruler. He is last referred to at the court of the Shaddadid Manūchihr of Ānī. Qāżī Nūrallāh give Asadī a Persian royal lineage and claim that Sultan Maḥmūd of Ghazna commissioned him to versify the Shāhnāma, but because of advanced age, he encouraged “his pupil” Firdawsī to undertake the task.
