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Persian poem at a glance
Poetry is a famous form of literature in the Persian language, Farsi. Persian language is soft and expressive and a poet can use a combination of words in many ways to express his real thought. Perhaps this is a reason that over the centuries Persian and non-Persian poets have written their poems in... read more about persian poem
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Biography of Rumi
Jalaleddin Muhammad Molavi, a renowned poet and a learned man, was born in the latter part of the sixth century (H.Q.) in the city of Balkh . He spent most of his life in the city of Ghooniyeh in Asia Minor where he came to be known as Rumi.
It is said that Molavi (Rumi) was only five years old when he met Attar, the great poet and philosopher, on a hajj pilgrimage along with his father. ... Biography of Rumi |
Biography of Ferdowsi
Also spelled Firdawsi, Firdusi, or Firdousi, pseudonym of Abu Ol-qasem Mansur b.c. 935, near Toos , Iran d.c. 1020-26, Toos Persian poet, author of the Shah-nameh ("Book of Kings"), the Persian national epic, to which he gave its final and enduring form, although he based his poem mainly on an earlier prose version...Biography of Ferdowsi
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Biography of Hafez
Hafez was born in the beautiful city of Shiraz in Persia (now Iran ) between 1317 and 1326. As a young child he was called Shams –ud-din Mohammed. Hafez proved to have a prodigious talent for literature. At an early age he successfully memorized the Qu'ran(Koran), and this is why he took the pen name of “Hafez” (Hafez means one who has memorized the entire Qu'ran(Koran) by heart)... Biography of Hafez |
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