Who is the famous Iranian poet associated with Mashhad?
Rumi
Hafez
Ferdowsi
Omar Khayyam
Answer
Mashhad is colloquially known as the city of Ferdowsi. Ferdowsi was a highly revered Iranian poet who composed the Shahnameh, a long epic poem that is the national epic of Greater Iran.
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