Question

Firdausi was the poet laureate at the court of……
A)Mahmud Ghaznavi
B)Mohd.Ghori
C)Jaipal
D)None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Firdausi was a Persian poet, he wrote one among the best national epics in world literature. Firdausi was a Persian poet of the first rank in the old history.

Complete answer:
The Shahnameh, is the masterpiece of Firdausi, he began to write it at about the age of 40. Now let’s see firdausi was poet on whose court,

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni offered Firdausi a gold piece for each couplet of the Shahnameh he wrote. The poet agreed to receive the money as a lump sum when he had completed the epic.His growing fame at this time led him to the court of Mahmud of Ghazni

Muhammad of Ghor, was the Sultan of the Ghurid Empire along side his brother Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad from 1173 to 1202 and because the sole ruler from 1202 to 1206. He doesn't have connections with firdausi.

Maharaja Jayapala is known successfully defending his kingdom against the Ghaznavids in the modern-day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan region his entire life, until finally being defeated in Peshawar due to a snowstorm. He does not have any connections with firdausi.

None of these could not be a answer for this question

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: Mahmud brought whole libraries from Ray and Isfahan to Ghazni. He even demanded that the Khwarizmshah court send its men of learning to Ghazni. Mahmud patronized the notable poet Firdausi, who after labouring 27 years, went to Ghazni and presented the Shahnameh to him.