13th century in poetry
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Events
- The Sicilian SchoolSicilian SchoolThe Sicilian School was a small community of Sicilian, and to a lesser extent, mainland Italian poets gathered around Frederick II, most of them belonging to his court, the Magna Curia. Headed by Giacomo da Lentini, they produced more than three-hundred poems of courtly love between 1230 and 1266,...
, Dolce Stil NovoDolce Stil NovoDolce Stil Novo , or stilnovismo, is the name given to the most important literary movement of 13th century in Italy. Influenced by both Sicilian and Tuscan poetry, its main theme is Love . Gentilezza and Amore are indeed topoi in the major works of the period...
, and later the Tuscan School mark the emergence of literary ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
Works
- Nibelunglied written approximately 1180–12101210 in poetry-Births:* Óláfr Þórðarson , Icelandic skald* Philippe de Rémi , Old French poet and trouvère-Deaths:* Hartmann von Aue , German poet of the Middle High German period...
- Lucas de TuyLucas de TuyLucas de Tuy was a Leonese cleric and intellectual, remembered best as a historian. He was Bishop of Tuy from 1239 until his death....
and others, Chronicon Mundi ("Great Chronicle of the World"); SpainSpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature.... - Völsunga sagaVolsunga sagaThe Völsungasaga is a legendary saga, a late 13th century Icelandic prose rendition of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan . It is largely based on epic poetry...
is written in the late 13th century - Oral tradition of Robin HoodRobin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
and the ballads of Robin Hood emerge in England
Poets
- Giacomo da LentiniGiacomo da LentiniGiacomo da Lentini, also known as Giàcumu da Lintini and Jacopo Notaro, was an Italian poet of the 13th century. He was a senior poet of the Sicilian School and was a notary at the court of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick II...
, founder of the Sicilian SchoolSicilian SchoolThe Sicilian School was a small community of Sicilian, and to a lesser extent, mainland Italian poets gathered around Frederick II, most of them belonging to his court, the Magna Curia. Headed by Giacomo da Lentini, they produced more than three-hundred poems of courtly love between 1230 and 1266,...
and author of the earliest known Sonnets - Guido GuinizelliGuido GuinizelliGuido Guinizzelli , born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, was an Italian poet and 'founder' of the Dolce Stil Novo...
(d. before 12761276 in poetry-Events:*26 August — Matieu de Caersi composed a planh on the death of James I of Aragon and so did Cerverí de Girona...
) - Guido CavalcantiGuido CavalcantiGuido Cavalcanti was a Florentine poet, as well as an intellectual influence on his best friend, Dante. His poems in their original Italian are available on Wikisource .-Historical background:...
(c. 1255–1300) - HadewijchHadewijchHadewijch was a 13th century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant.Most of her extant writings, none of which survived the Middle Ages as an autograph, are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch...
, a Dutch woman mystic - Cynddelw Brydydd MawrCynddelw Brydydd MawrCynddelw Brydydd Mawr , in English also known as Kendall, was the court poet of Madog ap Maredudd, Owain Gwynedd , and Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, and one of the most prominent Welsh poets of the 12th century.Cynddelw began his career as court poet to Madog ap Maredudd, Prince of Powys...
, Welsh - Scots-Gaelic crusaders and poets Muireadhach AlbanachMuireadhach AlbanachMuireadhach Albanach Ó Dálaigh was a Gaelic poet and crusader and member of the Ó Dálaigh bardic family.The Annals of the Four Masters of Ireland, s.a. 1213, tells us that he was the ollamh of Domhnall Ó Domhnaill...
and Gillebríghde AlbanachGillebríghde AlbanachGillebríghde Albanach was a medieval Scottish poet and crusader. He took part, along with his fellow-Gael Muireadhach Albanach, in the Fifth Crusade, reaching Acre in 1218 or 1219, and following the main Crusader army via southern Cyprus to Damietta; He may have been on crusade until 1224 or...
flourish at the beginning of the century
Works
Japanese poetry anthologies:- Shin Kokin Wakashū (also spelled "Shinkokinshu") the eighth Japanese imperial waka poetry anthology. Its name apparently aimed to show the relation and counterpart to Kokin Wakashū, ordered in 12011201 in poetry-Events:* Japanese former Emperor Go-Toba orders the preparation of Shin Kokin Wakashū the eighth Japanese imperial waka poetry anthology...
by former Emperor Go-Toba, compiled by Fujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no Teika , also known as Fujiwara no Sadaie or Sada-ie, was a Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods...
(whose first name is sometimes romanized as Sadaie), Fujiwara Ariie, Fujiwara Ietaka (KaryūKaryuis a Japanese musician, best known as the guitarist and main composer for the now disbanded D'espairsRay. He is currently in Angelo, which he joined in 2011.-Early life:...
), the priest JakurenJakuren' was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. He was adopted by the noted poet Fujiwara no Shunzei upon the death of Shunzei's younger brother...
, Minamoto Michitomo, and Asukai Masatsune (completed in 12051205 in poetry-Works:* Fujiwara no Teika , Fujiwara Ariie, Fujiwara Ietaka , the priest Jakuren, Minamoto Michitomo, and Asukai Masatsune, editors, Shin Kokin Wakashū the eighth Japanese imperial waka poetry anthology, which had been ordered in 1201 by former Japanese Emperor Go-Toba...
) - Shinchokusen Wakashū
- Shokugosen Wakashū
- Shokukokin Wakashū
Poets
- Asukai GayuAsukai Gayuwas a Kamakura period nobleman and poet. He lived in Kamakura and occupied a high position in the .Eighty six of his poems are represented in the official collection . He also has a personal collection, ....
飛鳥井雅有, also known as "Asukai Masaari" (12411241 in poetry-Events:*Peire Bremon Ricas Novas and Sordello attack each other in a string of sirventes-Deaths:* September 26 – Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" , a widely venerated, Japanese waka poet and extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and...
–1301), Kamakura periodKamakura periodThe is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
nobleman and poet; has 86 poems in the official anthology Shokukokin Wakashū - Eifuku-mon InEifuku-mon Inor was a celebrated Japanese poet of the Kamakura period, and a consort of the 92nd emperor, Fushimi. She was a member of the , and her work appears in the Gyokuyōshū.-References:...
永福門院, also written "Eifuku Mon'in", also known as Saionji Shōko 西園寺しょう子, 西園寺鏱子 (12711271 in poetry-Births:* Eifuku-mon In , Japanese poet of the Kamakura period and member of the Kyōgoku school of verse* Awhadi of Maragheh , Persian...
–1342) Kamakura periodKamakura periodThe is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
poet and a consort of the 92nd emperor, FushimiEmperor FushimiEmperor Fushimi was the 92nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
; she belonged to the Kyōgoku school of verse; has poems in the Gyokuyōshū anthology - Fujiwara no Ietaka 藤原家隆 (1158–12371237 in poetry-Events:*Sordello composes the first sirventes-planh in order to mark the death of his patron Blacatz-Births:* Adam de la Halle , a French trouvère, poet and musician-Deaths:...
), early Kamakura periodKamakura periodThe is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet; has several poems in the Shin Kokin Wakashū anthology; related by marriage to JakurenJakuren' was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. He was adopted by the noted poet Fujiwara no Shunzei upon the death of Shunzei's younger brother...
; pupil of Fujiwara no ShunzeiFujiwara no Shunzeiwas a noted Japanese poet and nobleman, son of Fujiwara no Toshitada. He was also known as Fujiwara no Toshinari or Shakua ; in his younger days , he gave his name as Akihiro , but in 1167, changed to Shunzei...
's - Fujiwara no ShunzeiFujiwara no Shunzeiwas a noted Japanese poet and nobleman, son of Fujiwara no Toshitada. He was also known as Fujiwara no Toshinari or Shakua ; in his younger days , he gave his name as Akihiro , but in 1167, changed to Shunzei...
藤原俊成, also known as "Fujiwara no Toshinari", "Shakua" 釈阿, "Akihiro" 顕広 (1114–12041204 in poetry-Events:*Cadenet wrote a sirventes criticising Raymond Roger Trencavel for his poor manners on a visit to Toulouse-Births:* Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi , Arabic poet in Minorca...
), poet and nobleman, noted for his innovations in the wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poetic form and for compiling Senzai Wakashū ("Collection of a Thousand Years"), the seventh Imperial anthology of waka poetry,; father of Fujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no Teika , also known as Fujiwara no Sadaie or Sada-ie, was a Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods...
; son of Fujiwara no Toshitada - Fujiwara no TameieFujiwara no Tameiewas a Japanese poet and compiler of Imperial anthologies of poems.Tameie was the second son of poets Teika and Abutuni; and he was the central figure in a circle of Japanese poets after Jōkyū War in 1221. His three sons were Nijō Tameuji, Kyōgoku Tamenori and Reizei Tamesuke...
藤原為家 (1198–12751275 in poetry-Births:* Dnyaneshwar , Maharashtran saint, poet, philosopher and yogi* Manuel Philes , Byzantine* Robert Mannyng , English monk, writing in Middle English, French and Latin...
), the central figure in a circle of poets after the Jōkyū WarJokyu War', also known as the Jōkyū Disturbance or the Jōkyū Rebellion, was fought in Japan between the forces of Retired Emperor Go-Toba and those of the Hōjō clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate, whom the retired emperor was trying to overthrow....
in 1221; second son of poets TeikaFujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no Teika , also known as Fujiwara no Sadaie or Sada-ie, was a Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods...
and Abutuni - Fujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no Teika , also known as Fujiwara no Sadaie or Sada-ie, was a Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods...
藤原定家, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" (1162–12421241 in poetry-Events:*Peire Bremon Ricas Novas and Sordello attack each other in a string of sirventes-Deaths:* September 26 – Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" , a widely venerated, Japanese waka poet and extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and...
), a widely venerated late Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
and early Kamakura periodKamakura periodThe is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and (for centuries) extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and widely influential anthologist; the Tale of Matsura is generally attributed to him; son of Fujiwara no ShunzeiFujiwara no Shunzeiwas a noted Japanese poet and nobleman, son of Fujiwara no Toshitada. He was also known as Fujiwara no Toshinari or Shakua ; in his younger days , he gave his name as Akihiro , but in 1167, changed to Shunzei...
; associated with JakurenJakuren' was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. He was adopted by the noted poet Fujiwara no Shunzei upon the death of Shunzei's younger brother... - Emperor Go-TobaEmperor Go-Tobawas the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198....
, 後鳥羽天皇, also known as 山科僧正 (1180–12391239 in poetry-Births:* Peter III of Aragon , an Occitan troubadour and King of Aragon-Deaths:* March 28 - Emperor Go-Toba , Japanese Emperor, calligrapher, painter, musician, poet, critic, and editor...
) - GyōiGyoi, son of Fujiwara no Motofusa, was a Japanese poet and Buddhist monk of the late Heian, early Kamakura periods. Also known as 山科僧正, he is a member of New Thirty-six Poetry Immortals....
行意 (1177–12171217 in poetry-Deaths:* Ibn Jubayr , geographer, traveler and poet from al-Andalus* Gyōi , Japanese poet and Buddhist monk-See also:*Poetry* List of years in poetry...
?), late HeianHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
, early Kamakura periodKamakura periodThe is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
poet and Bhuddist monk; one of the New Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; son of Fujiwara no MotofusaFujiwara no Motofusawas an imperial regent in the late 12th century, serving both Emperor Rokujō and Emperor Takakura. He was also called ', as he came from the village of Matsudono, near Kyoto... - JakurenJakuren' was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. He was adopted by the noted poet Fujiwara no Shunzei upon the death of Shunzei's younger brother...
寂蓮, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadanaga" 藤原定長 before becoming a monk (1139–12021202 in poetry-Deaths:* Alain de Lille , French theologian and poet, writing in Latin* Jakuren , Japanese Buddhist priest and poet...
), initially adopted by Fujiwara no ShunzeiFujiwara no Shunzeiwas a noted Japanese poet and nobleman, son of Fujiwara no Toshitada. He was also known as Fujiwara no Toshinari or Shakua ; in his younger days , he gave his name as Akihiro , but in 1167, changed to Shunzei...
, later stepped aside as Shunzei's heir and became a BuddhistBuddhismBuddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
priest; on the model of SaigyoSaigyowas a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.-Biography:Born Satō Norikiyo in Kyoto to a noble family, he lived during the traumatic transition of power between the old court nobles and the new samurai warriors. After the start of the Age of Mappō , Buddhism was...
, traveled around the country, composing poems; frequently associated with Fujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no Teika , also known as Fujiwara no Sadaie or Sada-ie, was a Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods...
; one of six compilers of the eighth imperial wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
anthology, Shin Kokin Wakashū, which contains 36 of his poems; adopted Fujiwara no Ietaka, a pupil of Shunzei's; has a poem in the Hyakunin IsshuHyakunin Isshuis a traditional anthology style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology. Literally, it translates to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"...
anthology - Jakushitsu GenkōJakushitsu Genkowas a Japanese Rinzai master, poet, flute player, and first abbot of Eigen-ji . His poetry is considered to be among the finest of Zen poetry. He traveled to China and studied Ch'an with masters of the Linji school from 1320 to 1326, then returned to Japan and lived for many years as a hermit...
寂室元光 (12901290 in poetry-Births:* Jyotirishwar Thakur , Sanskrit poet and an early Maithili writer* Jakushitsu Genkō , Japanese Rinzai master, poet, flute player, and first abbot of Eigen-ji...
–1367), Rinzai Zen master, poet, flute player, and first abbot of Eigen-jiEigen-jiis one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, founded in 1361 by the lord of Ōmi province—Sasaki Ujiyori. The temple is located in modern day Higashiōmi, Shiga prefecture of Japan, and its first Abbot was the famous poet and roshi Jakushitsu Genko...
, which was constructed solely for him to teach Zen - JienJienJien was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.-Biography:Jien was the son Fujiwara no Tadamichi, a member of the Fujiwara family of powerful aristocrats. He joined a Buddhist monastery of the Tendai sect early in his life, first taking the Buddhist name Dokaie, and later changing it to...
慈円 (1155–12251225 in poetry-Births:* Paio Gomes Charinho , poet and troubadour* Guan Hanqing , Chinese playwright and poet in the Yuan Dynasty* Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera , Hebrew poet in Al-Andalus-See also:* Poetry* List of years in poetry...
) poet, historian, and Buddhist monk - Kamo no ChōmeiKamo no Chomeiwas a Japanese author, poet , and essayist. He witnessed a series of natural and social disasters, and, having lost his political backing, was passed over for promotion within the Shinto shrine associated with his family. He decided to turn his back on society, take Buddhist vows, and became a...
鴨長明 (1155–12161216 in poetry-Deaths:* Kamo no Chōmei , Japanese author, poet , and essayist* Shota Rustaveli , Georgian poet...
), author, wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and essayist - Sesson YūbaiSesson Yubaiwas a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk of the Rinzai sect. This priest and poet who is considered "the first important poet of the Five Mountains.-In China:...
雪村友梅 (12901290 in poetry-Births:* Jyotirishwar Thakur , Sanskrit poet and an early Maithili writer* Jakushitsu Genkō , Japanese Rinzai master, poet, flute player, and first abbot of Eigen-ji...
–1348), poet and Buddhist priest of the Rinzai sect who founded temples - Princess Shikishi 式子内親王 (died 12011201 in poetry-Events:* Japanese former Emperor Go-Toba orders the preparation of Shin Kokin Wakashū the eighth Japanese imperial waka poetry anthology...
), late HeianHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
and early Kamakura periodKamakura periodThe is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
poet, never-married daughter of Emperor Go-ShirakawaEmperor Go-ShirakawaEmperor Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
; entered service at the Kamo ShrineKamo Shrineis a general term for an important Shinto sanctuary complex on both banks of the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto. It is centered on two shrines. The two shrines, an upper and a lower, lie in a corner of the old capital which was known as the due to traditional geomancy beliefs that the north-east...
in Kyoto in 1159, later left the shrine, in later years a Buddhist nun; has 49 poems in the Shin Kokin Shū anthology - Shunzei's DaughterShunzei's DaughterFujiwara Toshinari no Musume , 1171? – 1252?, was a Japanese poet; she was probably the greatest female poet of her day, ranked with Princess Shikishi...
, popular name of Fujiwara Toshinari no Musume 藤原俊成女、, also 藤原俊成卿女、皇(太)后宮大夫俊成(卿)女, 越部禅尼 (c. 1171 – c. 12521252 in poetry-Works published:*Era, pueis yverns es e.l fil by Bonifaci VI de Castellana, an attack on clerics, Henry III of England, and James I of Aragon*Arnaut Catalan and Alfonso X of Castile compose a tenso in which the former uses Occitan and the latter Galician-Portuguese...
), called the greatest female poet of her day, ranked with Princess ShikishiShikishi NaishinnoPrincess Shikishi was a medieval Japanese poet, who lived during the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. She was the third daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa . In 1159, Shikishi, who did not marry, went into service at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto...
; her grandfather was the poet Fujiwara no ShunzeiFujiwara no Shunzeiwas a noted Japanese poet and nobleman, son of Fujiwara no Toshitada. He was also known as Fujiwara no Toshinari or Shakua ; in his younger days , he gave his name as Akihiro , but in 1167, changed to Shunzei... - Ton'aTon'a, also spelled as Tonna; lay name – Nikaidō Sadamune 二階堂貞宗. A Japanese Buddhist poet, student of Nijō Tameyo 二条為世. Ton'a took a tonsure at Enryaku-ji Temple, but was later associated with the Ji sect 時宗 . He looked up to Saigyō's poetic genius...
頓阿 also spelled as "Tonna"; lay name: Nikaidō Sadamune 二階堂貞宗 (12891289 in poetry-Events:*Joan Esteve wrote Planhen ploran ab desplazer, a planh for Guilhem de Lodeva, the French admiral...
–1372), poet and Buddhist monk
Byzantine Empire
- Aaron ben Joseph of ConstantinopleAaron ben Joseph of ConstantinopleAaron ben Joseph of Constantinople , was an eminent teacher, philosopher, physician, and liturgical poet in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.-Background:Aaron ben Joseph was born in Sulchat, Crimea...
(c. 12601260 in poetry-Works published:*Gerra e trebailh e brega.m plaz by Bonifaci VI de Castellana, attack on Charles of Anjou*L'autre jorn m'anava, a pastorela by Guiraut Riquier-Deaths:*26 August — Alberico da Romano , patron and troubadour, executed...
– c. 1320)
Persian-language poets
- Farid al-Din Attar, poet (c. 1130 – c. 12301230 in poetry-Events:* Beginning of the Sicilian School* Bernart Sicart de Maruèjols composed the sirventes "Ab greu cossire" about the effect of the Albigensian Crusade on Languedoc* Peire Bremon Ricas Novas and Gui de Cavalhon compose a tenso together-Births:...
) - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, poet (12071207 in poetry-Births:* Rumi, , 13th-century Turkish poet, Islamic jurist, theologian, and mystic-Deaths:* Xin Qiji , Chinese Song Dynasty poet and military leader* 4 September — Raimbaut de Vaqueiras , Provençal troubadour and knight...
–12731273 in poetry-Deaths:* Rumi, , 13th-century Turkish poet, Islamic jurist, theologian, and mystic...
) - Sultan WaladSultan WaladBaha al-Din Muhammad-i Walad , more popularly known as Sultan Walad , was the eldest son of Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Persian poet and Sufi, and one of the founders of the Mawlawiya order.-Life and Impact:...
- SaadiSaadi (poet)Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī or, simply, Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but he has also been quoted in western sources...
, poet (1184–1283/1291?) - Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, (12471247 in poetry-Events:*Bertran d'Alamanon criticises Charles of Anjou for planning to go on Crusade when he ought to be making good his claim on Provence-Births:* Philippe de Rémi , French jurist, royal official and poet...
–1318) - Amir Khosravi DehlaviAmir KhusroAb'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow , better known as Amīr Khusrow Dehlawī , was an Indian musician, scholar and poet. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent...
- Shams e Tabrizi
- Sheikh RuzbehanSheikh RuzbehanAbu Muhammad Sheikh Ruzbehan Baqli was a poet, mystic, and sufi from Fasa.-Life:Ruzbihan Baqli was born in 1128 to a family of Daylami origin in the town of Fasa in Fars . Although Ruzbihan Baqli had religious visions at ages three, seven, and fifteen, he claims that his family was unfamiliar...
- Zahed GilaniZahed GilaniThe mystic Taj Al-Din Ebrahim ibn Rushan Amir Al-Kurdi Al-Sanjani , titled Sheikh Zahed Gilani, was Grandmaster of the famed Zahediyeh Sufi Order at Lahijan....
- Khwaju KermaniKhwaju KermaniKhwaju Kermani whose full name is Abu’l-ʿAṭā Kamāl-al-Din Maḥmud b. ʿAli b. Maḥmud Morshedi was a famous Persian poet and Sufi mystic from Persia.-Life:He was born in Kerman, Iran in 24 December 1290....
- Mahmud ShabistariMahmud ShabistariMahmūd Shabistarī is one of the most celebrated Persian Sufi poets of the 14th century.-Life and work:Shabistari was born in the town of Shabestar near Tabriz in 1288 , where he received his education. He became deeply versed in the symbolic terminology of Ibn Arabi...
- Najmeddin RaziNajmeddin RaziAbū Bakr 'Abdollāh b. Moḥammad b. Šahāvar b. Anūšervān al-Rāzī commonly know by the laqab, or sobriquet, of Najm al-Dīn Dāya, meaning "wetnurse"...
- Muhammad AufiZahiriddin Nasr Muhammad AufiSadiduddin Muhammad Aufi was a Persian historian, scientist, and author.-Biography:Born in Bukhara, Aufi grew up during the apex of the Islamic Golden Age, and spent many years traveling, exploring, and lecturing to the common folk and the royalty alike in Delhi, Khorasan, Khwarizm, Samarkand,...
- Qazi Beiza'iQazi Beiza'iQazi Naser al-Din Abdollah ibn Amr was a late 13th century judge and scholar of Persia. His famous work, Nezam al-Tawarikh contains an historical account of Fars.-References used:...
- Auhadi of MaraghehAuhadi of MaraghehAwhaduddin Awhadi Maragheie was a Persian poet from the city Maragha in Iran.He is usually surnamed Maraghei, but also mentioned as Awhadi Esfahani because his father hailed from Isfahan and he himself spent part of his life there...
- Auhaduddin KermaniAuhaduddin KermaniShaikh Abu Hamid Auhadeddin Kermani was a 13th-century Sufi and poet of Persia.He is the author of Mathnavi Misbāhu'l-arvāh , which is an allegorical pilgrimage through imaginary towns, bearing some affinity to Dante's Divina Commedia .He was suspected of heresy, and is thought to have died in...
- Ghiyathu'd-Din ibn Rashid'ud-Din
- Ibn-i-Yamin
- Ata al-Mulk JuvayniAta al-Mulk JuvayniAtâ-Malek Jovayni was a Persian historian who wrote an account of the Mongol Empire entitled Ta' rīkh-i jahān-gushā .He was born in Juvain, a city in Khorasan in northeastern Iran...
South Asia
- Amir KhusroAmir KhusroAb'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow , better known as Amīr Khusrow Dehlawī , was an Indian musician, scholar and poet. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent...
(12531253 in poetry-Works published:*the troubadour Englés and an anonymous jongleur compose a tenso debating the merits of the court of Theobald I of Navarre-Births:* Amir Khusro , Sufi, writing in Persian and Hindustani-Deaths:...
–1325), wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi
Sub-saharan Africa
- Period of the Epic of Sundiata, transmitted through oral tradition.