<P> The first to undertake the versification of the Pahlavi chronicle was Abu - Mansur Daqiqi , a contemporary of Ferdowsi , poet at the court of the Samanids , who came to a violent end after completing only 1,000 verses . These verses , which deal with the rise of the prophet Zoroaster , were afterward incorporated by Ferdowsi , with acknowledgment , in his own poem . The style of the Shahnameh shows characteristics of both written and oral literature . Some claim that Ferdowsi also used Zoroastrian nasks , such as the now - lost Chihrdad , as sources as well . </P>
<P> The first to undertake the versification of the Pahlavi chronicle was Abu - Mansur Daqiqi , a contemporary of Ferdowsi , poet at the court of the Samanids , who came to a violent end after completing only 1,000 verses . These verses , which deal with the rise of the prophet Zoroaster , were afterward incorporated by Ferdowsi , with acknowledgment , in his own poem . The style of the Shahnameh shows characteristics of both written and oral literature . Some claim that Ferdowsi also used Zoroastrian nasks , such as the now - lost Chihrdad , as sources as well . </P>
who is the prophet referred to in the shahnama
who is the prophet referred to in the shahnama
prophet Zoroaster
prophet Zoroaster