Iran Press/Iran news: Hakim Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi’s tomb is located in the city of Toos near Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan Razavi province, northeastern Iran.
Composing epic poems and creating such mythical characters as Rostam, Sohrab, and Esfandyar, Hakim Ferdowsi spent 30 years to compose his Shahnameh and caused the Persian language to survive.
The Iranian famous poet’s tomb hosted over 400 thousands Iranians and 5,000 foreign tourists in 2019.
Every year, a ceremony was used to be held at the tomb of Ferdowsi the great Iranian poet on the occasion of his commemoration day, but this year, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, no ceremony is held and Ferdowsi's tomb is closed for cutting off the transmission chain.
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