Ferdows

Ferdows (Persian: فردوس‎‎, also Romanized as Ferdos, Ferdous, and Firdaus; named Toon or Tūn until 1929) is a city in and the capital of Ferdows County, located in the northwest of South Khorasan Province in Iran. It is about 345 kilometres (214 mi) south of Mashhad and 200 km northwest of Birjand. At the 2011 census, its population was 25,968, in 7,316 families.

After dividing the Khorasan province into 3 provinces, Ferdows County was initially a part of Razavi Khorasan province, but was incorporated within the borders of South Khorasan Province in March 2007.

History

Founded by the Medes, Ferdows is currently a small town. It was a large and famous city in ancient days. There is an unproven theory that the town's name in ancient days was "Taban" (or shining; تابان in Persian). In Islamic times it became known as Toon or Tūn, a name retained until 1929, when it was changed to Ferdows.

The first people to inhabit Ferdows were traditionally a group of Sagartians. Toon was a famous and thriving city both before and during the Islamic era, until the raid of the Mongols. It was one of the most prominent cities of Ghohestan, along with Qaen; Nasir Khusraw mentioned Toon as a large city in the 11th century. Toon was plundered and destroyed by the Mongols in 1239. After the Mongol invasion, Toon eventually recovered and became one of the major cities of Ghohestan again. Marco Polo mentioned the south Khorasan region as Toonoqaen, apparently in reference to the two largest cities, Toon & Qaen.

Ferdous Ahmed

Ferdous Ahmed is a Bangladeshi actor. He acts in both Bangladesh and West Bengal Indian films.

Career

Ferdous became notable first as a television actor, then as a film actor in the mid 1997s. He has released more than 200 films, both in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. He debuted in the film Hothat Brishti. It was an India-Bangladesh co-production.

Ferdous is also a part-time model. He owns film production house Nuzhat Films, TV production house CinemaScope and a wing of event planning studio.

Personal life

Ferdous married Tania on December 9, 2004.

Education

Ferdous studied public relations and journalism at the University of Dhaka.

Modeling

Ferdous worked as a ramp model in the fashion sector before his arrival in the film industry. He was introduced to ramp modeling by international fashion designer Bibi Rasel and appeared in large-scale fashion show in the first decade of 90s.

Acting life

Ferdous was introduced in the film industry by famous dance choreographer Amir Hossain Babu. At that period Amir Hossain Babu was planning to direct a movie based upon dancing, the movie named ‘Nach Moyuri nach’. On his quest for actors Babu find out handsome Ferdous. But Babu could not able to start the work of that movie. After the sudden death of the then popular film actor Salman Shah, Bangladeshi film actor Ferdous Ahmed came in front of the camera for the first time in his place; it was in the movie named ‘Buker vetor agun’ directed by Chotku Ahmed.

Shakib Khan

Shakib Khan (Bengali: শাকিব খান, born: 28 March 1979) is a Bangladeshi film actor. He made his debut in Annotho Bhalobasha (1999), though it did not lead to widespread fame. After a few years, Khan established himself as one of the most successful, and highest paid, actors in Bangladeshi film history. Throughout his career, Khan has received various awards, including two National Film Awards for Best Actor for Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na and Khodar Pore Ma, and seven Meril Prothom Alo Awards.

Early life

Shakib Khan was born in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. His father Abdur Rab was a government officer; his mother Nurjahan is a housewife. His father's job required the family to relocate frequently from one city to another during his school years. He was a brilliant student and had very good results in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) exams.

Besides education, he also had a keen interest in dancing. He completed a dancing course under film choreographer Aziz Reza. In 1998 he went to BFDC (Bangladesh Film Development Corporation), the only major studio of Bangladeshi film industry at that time, on a random visit, where he met a photographer who asked him to take part in a photo shoot. During the photo shoot, film director Abul Khair Bulbul noticed Shakib and offered him the leading role in his movie Shobaito Shukhi Hote Chai. Shakib accepted the offer. While filming Shobaito Shukhi Hote Chai, other directors noticed him and offered him roles.