…upon his presumed authorship of Yūsof o-Zalīkhā, an epic poem on the subject of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife, which, it later became known, was composed more than 100 years after Ferdowsī’s death. According to the narrative of ʿArūẓī, Ferdowsī died inopportunely just as Sultan Maḥmūd had determined to make amends…
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