Question

Fridausi was the poet laureate of the court of
A.Mahmud Ghaznavi
B.Mohd Ghori
C.Jaipal
D.None of these.

Answer 1

Hint:We must need to remember that Firdausi was a Persian poet and was famous for writing ShahNama, which was a poem describing the history of Persia. Fridausi was born in a small village of Tus district in Iranian landowning family. He studied many subjects like astrology, astronomy, poetry, etc. His wife was an educated musician.

Complete answer:
We have to know that Fridausi was a court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni and gifted shahnama to him. It took nearly 30 years to compile this masterpiece by Fridausi. Shahnama has described the history of Iran and also described the administration of various Iranian dynasties like Pishdadian, Kayanian, etc. While Mahmud of Ghazni didn’t pay him demanded cost, hence Fridausi refused what was being paid to him and went to exile. It is said that, He has written many other works also, which have not been preserved and conserved.
His main motive behind writing Shahnama was to revive the glory of Iran. He used Khwatinamak as a main source for writing Shahnama. Along with it, He also used his imagination to create the masterpiece. Shahnama also describes the love and romantic stories of couples of those times.
Hence, Fridausi was an extraordinary poet of those times and an influential person of Persian literature. He combined his imagination and history to create poetries.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note:We must remember that the Firdausi is known to be his pen name, his full name has been debated among historians. Shahnama is known to be the “Book of kings” and is the longest epic written by a single poet.