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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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Hazrat Hasaan ibn e sabit (R.A) was the first poet of Islam.

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Khuwaylid ibn Asad  was a man of Banu Quraysh and mainly recognized for being the father of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

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Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872-1953) was a British-Indian Islamic scholar and translation.

He was best known for his English translation of the Quran, "The Meaning of the Holy Quran".

Published in 1934, it was the first English translation of the Quran by an Asian scholar.

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The Battle of the Masts or Battle of Phoenix was a crucial naval battle fought in 655 between the Muslim Arabs led by Abu al-A'war and the Byzantine fleet under the personal command of Emperor Constans II.

The battle was part of the earliest campaign by Muawiyah to reach Constantinople and is considered to be "the first decisive conflict of Islam on the deep".

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بچوں میں سب سے پہلے حضرت علی رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ جبکہ مردوں میں سے پہلے حضرت ابو بکر رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ نے اسلام قبول کیا تھا۔

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Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) was elected as the first caliph of Islam at Saqifah Bani Saedah, a place in Madinah, after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in 632 CE.

This event is known as the "Saqifah of Bani Saedah" or "The Gathering of Bani Saedah".

Saqifah Bani Saedah was a covered platform or a roofed building where the Ansar (helpers) gathered to discuss the succession of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The Muhajirun (migrants) later joined them, and after some discussion, Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) was elected as the caliph.