Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh in the Mirror of Adib Pishavari’s Poetry

None of the major poets of Iran, according to Adib Pishavari, despite their greatness, is greater than Ferdowsi, the Master of Tus. Of these poets, only the two great poets of Shiraz, namely Saadi and Hafiz, have been able to overtake the others and come close to Ferdowsi. This devotion of Adib made almost all his poems to take the colour of the verses of Shahnameh.Indeed he appreciates the poetry of Adib who knows well the content and language of Shahnameh. This article is an attempt to study the influence of Ferdowsi on the poetry of Adib Pishavari.