Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas

male, deceased (810)
Abu-Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani al-Hakami, was a renowned Arabic poet. Born in the city of Ahvaz in Persia, he was of Arab and Persian descent. He is... More
Mir Taqi Mir

Mir Taqi Mir

male, deceased (1810)
Mohammed Taqi (Urdu: محمد تقی, better known by his nom de plume of Mir Taqi Mir (Urdu: میر تقی میر) (sometimes also spelled as Meer Taqi Meer), was... More
Mahmud Of Ghazni

Mahmud Of Ghazni

male, deceased (1030)
Mahmud of Ghazni (October 2 971-April 30 1030), also known as Yāmīn al-Dawlah Maḥmūd (in full: Yāmīn al-Dawlah Abd al-Qāṣim Maḥmūd Ibn Sebük Tegīn),... More
Reza Abbasi

Reza Abbasi

male, deceased (1635)
Agha Reza Reza-e Abbasi (also Reza Abbasi) (1565 - 1635) was the most renowned Persian miniaturist, painter and calligrapher of the Isfahan School,... More
Abd-Ar-Rahman III

Abd-Ar-Rahman III

male, deceased (961)
Abd-ar-Rahman III was the Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (912-961), and a prince of the Ummayad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia). He ascended... More
Ubayd Zakani

Ubayd Zakani

male, deceased (1370)
Ubayd-i Zākāni was a Persian poet and satirist of the 14th century (Timurid Period) from the city of Qazvin. He studied in Shiraz, Iran under the be... More
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Ahmad Al-Tifashi

male, deceased (1253)
Ahmad al-Tifashi, born in Tunisia (d. 1253) was an Arabic poet, writer, and anthologist. Little is known of his life. He appears to have lived... More
Pelagius Of Cordova

Pelagius Of Cordova

male, deceased (926)
Saint Pelagius of Cordova is said to have been a Christian boy left by his uncle at the age of ten as a hostage with the Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III... More
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Nezim Frakulla

male, deceased (1760)
Nezim Frakulla (ca. 1680-1760), alternatively known as "Nezim Berati" or "Ibrahim Nezimi", was the first major poet among the Bejtexhinj, popular... More