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Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani

Type Figure Region Iran Time c. 1000–1058 Also known as Author of Vis and Ramin

Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani was an 11th-century Persian narrative poet from Gorgan in northern Khurasan, traditionally dated to around 1058, whose Vis a…

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  1. 1021–1030Gorgan · GorganHe received Persian literary training in Gorgan, engaging with local and northern Khurasan oral and written narrative traditions, laying the foundation for his later creation of Vis and Ramin.
  2. c. 1050–1055Isfahan · IsfahanIn the service of the local ruler Abu'l-Fath Muzaffar of Isfahan, he rewrote the Middle Persian legend of Vis and Ramin into a New Persian love epic of some six thousand verses, and praised Tughril and other powerful figures of the time.

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