ALPHABETICAL LIST OF POETS
A poet
Firiiz al-Mashriki.
890 A.D. Hanzalah of Badghis. 850 A.D. Ibn Sina, or Avicenna. discussed, it
is
A
XXI
the later Saffarid period.
Flourished about
poet of the Tahirid period.
Flourished about
of
The famous
philosopher, physician, and poet (to be
hoped, in a later volume,
of.
p. 57).
Born
980, died
1037 A.D. In fuller form, Abu 'Abdu 'llah Muhammad al-Junaidi. Junaidi. lingual poet (Persian and Arabic) of the Samanid period.
A
bi-
Tenth
century a.d.
Khabbaz
of Nishapur.
The
baker-poet and physician;
earlier
Samanid
Died 953 a.d.
period.
Abu 'Ali ibn Hakim Khabbaz. Composed verses see preceding entry regarding his father as a poet. Khusrau Parviz. Sasanian king, to whom the composition of a couplet may possibly be ascribed. Reigned 590-628 a.d. Khabbaz's son.
;
In fuller form,
Khusrayani.
Abu
Tahir at-Tabib ('the Physician' or at
Tayyib, the Sweet ') b. Muhammad al-Khusravani. A Samanid poet. Tenth century a.d. Kisa'i. In fuller form, Abu Ishak (or Abu '1-Hasan) Kisa'i, ' the Man of the Cloak.' A poet of the later Samanid period, who lived on, it seems, somewhat beyond that time. Date of death generally supposed to be '
1002
Mahmud
but possibly
A.D.,
of Ghaznah.
later.
Famous
ruler,
and said to have been himseK a poet Firdausi. Reigned 998-
as well as a patron of poets, especially of
1030 A.D. Mantiki of Rai.
In fuller form, Mansur b. 'Ali al-Mantiki of Rai. A Buwaihid poet. Flourished in the latter half of the 10th century a.d. Last of the Muntasir. In fuUer form, Abu Ibrahim Isma'il Muntasir. Samanid princes, and a poet. Died 1005 a.d. Kudagi, or Rudaki. In fuller form, Abu "Abdu llah Ja'f ar ibn Muhammad ar-RMagi (or RUdaki). The most noted of the Samanid poets. About 880-954 A.D. Shahid of Balkh. A poet of the earlier Samanid period. Died about 950 a.d. Shukur.
See
Abu
Shukiir.
'Umarah of Merv. In fuller form, Abu Mansur b. Muhammad (or Ahmad) 'Umarah. Poet and astronomer (compare later, Omar Khayyam), of the later Samanid and the early Ghaznavid periods. Flourished end of the 10th and beginning of the 11th century a.d. "Unsurl. In fuller form, Abu '1-Kasim b. Ahmad 'Unsuri of Balkh. Poet laureate at the court of Mahmud of Ghaznah, and famed through association with Firdausi's name. Died 1040 or 1050 a.d.