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Abu-Shakur Balkhi

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Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
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Abu-Shakur Balkhi Life story


Abu Shakur Balkhi was one of the most important Persian poets of the Samanid period. He was a contemporary of Rudaki, and wrote three masnavis, the work Āfarin nama among them. Only 192 scraps of his verses remain today.

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