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Most scholars have rejected that this author wrote the Genesis-inspired narrative poem Joseph and Zuleika. In a poem by this author, a man fights a wolf, lion, and dragon in an attempt to save his sisters from the Brazen Fortress. This poet's biographer Arudi claimed a well-wisher destroyed all but six lines of a satire he wrote about a sultan. In a poem by this author, a character dangles meat above eagles while on a (*) flying throne to reach heaven. Siyâvash rides through a mountain of fire to prove Sudabeh wrong in a poem by this author, in which the cow-headed Fereydun defeats King Zahhak. That epic by this author, in which Zal is raised by the Simurgh, discusses the decline of the Sassanids through the story of Rostam and Sohrab. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author who wrote the poem Shahnameh, the national epic of Iran. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Ferdowsi [or Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi]
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2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y786%0%14%110.50
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