Ferdowsi's Tomb

Abul Qasim Ferdowsi, the greatest epic poet in the world history who composed the famous Shahnameh in thirty years expired in 411 A.H./ 1020 A.D was buried in the historical city of Toos.
His tomb is located 22 kilometres north-west of the holy city of Mashhad along the side of Quchan highway in the historical city of Toos. There is a museum in the western part of the tomb.