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Hafiz of Shiraz

Type Figure Region Persia Time c. 1325–1390 Also known as Hafiz of Shiraz、Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz、حافظ شیرازی、Khajeh Shams ed-Din Mohammad Hafez

Hafiz of Shiraz (c. 1315–1390), one of the greatest Persian lyric poets, born in Shiraz, Fars, famed for ghazals blending love, wine, nature, and Suf…

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  1. c. 1325–1340Shiraz · Fars ProvinceHe received a traditional Islamic education in Shiraz, studying the Quran, grammar, and literature, and encountered local Sufi traditions, laying the linguistic and mystical foundations for his later poetry.
  2. 1341–1370Shiraz · Fars ProvinceIn the mid-14th century he composed numerous ghazals in Shiraz, his style maturing through metaphor and wordplay expressing human love, natural beauty, and the pursuit of divine love; his works began circulating across the Persian world.
  3. 1370–1390Shiraz · Fars ProvinceIn his later years he continued composing in Shiraz and organizing his poems; after his death in 1390 he was buried in Shiraz, where his tomb (the Hafezieh) became a site of pilgrimage and literary commemoration, and his Divan influenced the Persian-speaking world for centuries.

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