Hafez is one of the most famous Persian poets of the 14th century (8th century Hegira). He was born in Shiraz and lived there his whole life, due to his utmost love and interest in the weather, the nature and the beauty of Shiraz. Although he had different opportunities to travel, he rarely left Shiraz. His name, “Hafez” means “someone …

Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi, Saadi Shirazi (Persian: ابومحمد مصلح الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی‎) better known by his pen-name as Saʿdi (Persian: سعدی‎) or simply Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but has also been quoted in western sources. He is recognized for the quality …

Hakim Abu’l-Qasim Ferdowsi is the most famous epic poet of Iran. He was born in 935 Ad, near the city of Tus in Khorasan, during the reign of the Samanid Empire, who were the first to revive the Persian culture and language after the Arab conquest. To honor the Samanid kings, he started to write an epic book based on …

Born in 1048, Khayyam lived though the 11th and 12th centuries, during the reign of the Seljuqs and was much respected by the Seljuq kings. He is the most well known eastern poet among the Europeans for his book of poems ‘Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam’ (Quatrains of Khayyam) which includes more than 100 quatrains. A great number of his quatrains concentrate …

Rumi(Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi ) was a 13th century poet and mystic, known as Mowlavi in Iran and the Middle East. In the western world he is known as Rumi and his books are admired around the world. He was born in 1207 in Balkh, Afghanistan or as some people believe, in Wakhsh, Tajikistan; However, since of both these places …