After the death of Gujarat Sultan Qutb-ud-dín Ahmad Shah II, the nobles raised his uncle Daud, son of Ahmad Shah I to the throne. He reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate from few days in 1458 CE.
Firdausi was a persian poet and the author of Shahnameh also known as “Book of Kings”, which is one of the world’s longest epic and the national epic of Greater Iran.