10: The payment was the silver which he received from Mahmud ibn Sabuktagin for writing the Shah-Nameh or Book of Kings.
Name these completely unrelated authors on a 15-10 basis.  15: He wrote an epic based on the story of Potiphar's wife called Yüsuf and Zuleikha after giving away the insufficient payment received for his major work.  10: The payment was the silver which he received from Mahmud ibn Sabuktagin for writing the Shah-Nameh or Book of Kings.
Name these completely unrelated authors on a 15-10 basis.  15
Firdowsi [or Abul Kasim Mansur]