“Shahnama” was written by:

The Shahnama, or Book of Kings, emerges as a national epic for Greater Iran, created by the Persian poet Ferdowsi, or Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi. Composed over a period from around 977 CE to 1010 CE, this long narrative poem covers over 50,000 couplets, chronicling the mythical and historical past of Persia, from the creation of the world until the Arab conquests of the seventh century.