Hakim Abu Al-Qasem Mansur bin Hasan, Ferdowsi was born in a large
village "Baz" near the city of "Tus" in the province of "Khorasan" , Iran in about 329
A.H/940 A.D and died in the same place, in about 411 A.H/1020 A.D. He wrote his
Master piece of epic poetry, known as "Shah Nama-e-Ferdowsi" which consists of
sixty thousand Persian verses. In this book, he expressed ancient history of Iran, half of
which comprised of fictional history. In this way, he preserved old traditions of Iran
and stories of various Irani Heroic personalities. In this article, a story of "Zahak Mar
Dosh" is critically analysed. In the Persian language, " Mar Dosh" means that a person
having snakes on his shoulders.