Hafez (Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī), 1315-1390 (Persian Poet)

Person

Dates

Existence: 1315 - 1390

Biography

Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, known by his pen name Hafez, was a 14th century Persian poet. His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are often found in the homes of people in the Persian speaking world, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings.

Source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Song titled "Song of Hafez the Persian Poet. The Goulshen-Roz!", 1810-1857

piece

Identifier: Coll-1839/7/pp.420-422

Scope and Contents

Song titled "Song of Hafez the Persian Poet. The Goulshen-Roz!" Hafez was a 14th century Persian poet whilst Gulshan-i Raz or "Rose Garden of Secrets" was a collection of poems written by Persian poet Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari around 1311.

Dates: 1810-1857

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Louisa Matilda Crawford, nee Montagu / Manuscript notebook containing 165 poems and songs written at Southwood Hall by Louisa Matilda Crawford

دیوان حافظ Divan-i Hafiz, early 19th century C.E.

Item

Identifier: Or Ms 595

Scope and Contents

The collected works of Hafiz. Consists largely of ghazals: short poems made up of couplets with the same rhyme ending. They were intended to be sung, or at least spoken with heavy intonation, and were popular in Mughal court entertainments. Flower-painted lacquered covers.

Dates: early 19th century C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia