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Abu Al-Qasim Firdausi was a Persian poet.

He was the court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni.

• "Shahnama" is an epic poem that was written in 1010 and contains about 60,000 couplets
• The author of "Shahnama" was Abu Al-Qasim Firdausi
• The epic poem is also known as the "Book of Kings"

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Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (September 1935 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist.

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Bu Ali Sina (Avicenna) is the Muslim scholar whose books are studied in European universities.

His most famous works include "The Canon of Medicine" and "The Book of Healing," both of which were key texts in medieval European medical education.

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Alexander III of Macedon is famously known as "Alexander the Great".

Due to his vast empire stretching from Greece to India.

He is celebrated for his military genius and undefeated record in battles.

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Russian Vladimir Putin belongs to the Independent (1991–1995, 2001–2008, 2012–present)

He has served as President of Russia since 2012

He previously served from 2000 to 2008.

He also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012

He is the longest-serving Russian president since the independence of Russia from the Soviet Union.

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as DAESH.

He was appointed the emir, or highest leader, of the Islamic State of Iraq on 16 May 2010.

After the death of his predecessor Abu Omar al-Baghdadi.

He was the Iraqi division of al-Qaeda.

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Hassan al-Banna was assassinated on February 12, 1949, in Cairo, Egypt.

He was shot by unidentified assailants (widely believed to be state-sponsored due to his opposition to the Egyptian government).

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Marco Polo met Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, during his travels in China.

Kublai Khan was the founder of the Yuan Dynasty.

He was ruled a vast Mongol empire when Marco Polo visited.

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Mustafa Kamal Ataturk was born in 1881 in Salonika, Greece.

He was died in 1938 in Istanbul, Turkey.

He served as the country's first president from 1923 to 1937.