For 10 points, name this language that Ferdowsi used to write the Shahnama.
A poet used this language to write about a doctor who poisons a goldsmith so that a beautiful handmaiden will stop loving him. This is the language of a poem that calls humans limbs of the same body, and children of Adam. A poem in this language has a hero who restores his king's sight by slaying a white demon; that hero rides a horse named Rakhsh. A poetry collection in this language opens with the command to listen to a complaining (*) reed-flute. This is the language of the Gulistan, or rose garden, written by Sa'adi, and the Masnavi, or "Spiritual Couplets," by Rumi. An epic poem in this language tells the stories of Sohrab battling his father Rostam. For 10 points, name this language that Ferdowsi used to write the Shahnama.
A poet used this language to write about a doctor who poisons a goldsmith so that a beautiful handmaiden will stop loving him.
Persian [or Farsi]