Hafiz whose original name was Shamsuddin was a great Persian poet. He died in 1389, and his mausoleum at Shiraz in Iran is a national shrine. His collection of poetry contains four thousand couplets, mainly lyrical odes, panegyrics, eulogies and quatrains. In one of his poems, Hafiz said: It is related that when Timur conquered Shiraz, he summoned Hafiz to his presence and said “I am ruining...
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