Person(s)
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Significance
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Location of Tomb
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Article
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Cyrus the Great
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the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty
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Pasargadae near the city of Shiraz, Iran
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Pasargadae
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Darius I, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, Darius II and Darius III
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emperors of the Achaemenid dynasty
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Naqsh-e Rustam near the city of Shiraz, Iran
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Naqsh-e Rustam
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Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III
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emperors of the Achaemenid dynasty
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Persepolis near the city of Shiraz, Iran
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Persepolis
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Mausolus
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Persian satrap of Caria
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Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey); the origin of the word "mausoleum"- the tomb is now destroyed
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Mausoleum of Maussollos
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Abu Lolo or Piruz Nahavandi (d. 645)
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assassin of caliph Omar
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Kashan, Iran
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none
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Yaqub Leith Saffari (840-879)
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ruler of the Saffarid dynasty
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Shahabad (ancient Gondishapur) near Dezful, Iran
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none
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Amir Esmail Samani (d. 907)
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ruler of the Samanid dynasty
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Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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Samanid Mausoleum
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Qabus ebn Voshmgir (d. 1012)
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ruler of the Ziyarid dynasty
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Gonbad, Iran
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none
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Toghril Beg (990-1063)
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ruler of the Seljuk dynasty
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Rey, Iran
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Tughrul Tower
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Malekshah (d. 1092)
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ruler of the Seljuk dynasty
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Isfahan, Iran
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none
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Khwajeh Nezam ol-Molk (1018–1092)
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vizier of Malekshah
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Isfahan, Iran
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none
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Shah Shoja' (d. 1384)
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ruler of the Mozaffarid dynasty and patron of Hafez
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Shiraz, Iran
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none
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Gowharshad (d. 1457)
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wife of Shahrokh of the Timurid dynasty and founder of Gowharshad Mosque
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Herat, Afghanistan
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none
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Nader Shah (1688–1747)
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Shah of Iran and the founder of the Afsharid dynasty
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Mashhad, Iran
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none
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Karim Khan (1705–1779)
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the ruler and de facto Shah of Iran of the Zand dynasty
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Shiraz, Iran
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Pars Museum of Shiraz
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Naser ed-Din Shah (1831–1896) and Sattar Khan (1868–1914)
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shah of Iran the Qajar dynasty that assassinated in the same shrine on May 1, 1896 and Persian freedom fighter of Constitutional Revolution
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Rey, Iran
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Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine
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Reza Shah (1878–1944)
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Shah of Iran of the Pahlavi dynasty
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Rey, Iran demolished in 1979 after the Iranian Revolution
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Reza Shah's mausoleum
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Bayazid Bastami (804-874)
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Persian mystic
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Bastam, Iran
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none
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Sheikh Abulhassan Kharaqani (963-1033)
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Persian mystic
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Kharaqan near Bastam, Iran
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none
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Ali Hujwiri (990-1077)
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Persian mystic
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Lahore, Pakistan
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Data Durbar Complex
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Khwajeh Abdollah Ansari (1006–1088)
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Persian mystic
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Herat, Afghanistan
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Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine
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Sheikh Ahmad Jami (1048–1141)
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Persian mystic
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Torbat-e Jam, Iran
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Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami mausoleum complex
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Abdol-Qader Gilani (1077–1166)
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Persian mystic and founder of the Qaderi Sufi Order
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Baghdad, Iraq
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none
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Qotbeddin Heydar (1137–1221)
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Persian mystic
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Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran
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none
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Moinoddin Chishti (1141–1230)
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Persian mystic and founder of Chishti Order
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Ajmer, India
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none
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Sheikh Abdolsamad Esfahani (13th century)
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Persian mystic
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Natanz, Iran
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none
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Sheikh Mohammad Bakran (d. 1303)
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Persian mystic
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near Isfahan, Iran
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Pir-i Bakran
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Amu Abdollah (d. 1316)
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Persian mystic
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near Isfahan, Iran
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Manar Jonban
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Sheikh Zahed Gilani (1216–1301)
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Persian mystic and Murshid of Sheikh Safieddin Ardabili
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Lahijan, Iran
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none
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Sheikh Safieddin Ardabili (1252–1334)
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Persian mystic and eponym of the Safavid dynasty
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Ardabil, Iran - Ismail I the founder of the Safavid dynasty is also buried there
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none
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Khwajeh Zeinoddin Shirazi (1302–1370)
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Persian mystic
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Khuldabad, India
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none
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Baha ed-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1318–1389)
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Persian mystic and founder of Naqshbandi Order
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Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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none
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Shah Nimatullah Wali (1330–1431)
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Persian mystic and founder of the Nematollahi Sufi Order
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Mahan, Iran, Iran
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Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine
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Sibaveih (760-797)
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Persian linguist
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Shiraz, Iran
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none
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Imam Bukhari (810-870)
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Persian Sunni scholar
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near Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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none
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Ebn-e Babveih (d. 941)
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Persian Shi'ite scholar
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Rey, Iran
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Ebn-e Babveih
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Rabe'eh Balkhi (10th century)
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Persian poet
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Balkh, Afghanistan
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none
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Ferdowsi (940-1020)
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Persian poet
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Tus, Iran
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Tomb of Ferdowsi
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Avicenna (980-1037)
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Persian philosopher and physician
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Hamedan, Iran
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Avicenna Mausoleum
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Baba Taher (11th century)
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Persian mystic and poet
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Hamedan, Iran
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none
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Asadi Tusi (d. 1072), Anvari (1126–1189), Homam Tabrizi (1238–1315), Khaqani (1121–1190), Qatran Tabrizi (1009–1072) and Shahriar (1906–1988)
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Persian poets
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Tabriz, Iran
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Maqbarat ol-Shoara
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Abu Hamed Ghazali (1058–1111)
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Persian theologian, philosopher and mystic
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Tus, Iran
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none
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Ahmad Ghazali (1061–1126)
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Persian writer and mystic and brother of Abu Hamed Ghazali
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Qazvin, Iran
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none
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Omar Khayyám (1048–1131)
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Persian poet
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Nishapur, Iran
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none
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Sanai Ghaznavi (1080–1131)
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Persian poet
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Ghazni, Afghanistan
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none
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Sheikh Ruzbehan (1129–1209)
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Persian mystic and poet
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Shiraz, Iran
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none
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Nezami (1141–1209)
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Persian poet
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Ganja, Azerbaijan
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Nezami Mausoleum
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Attar (1145–1221)
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Persian mystic and poet
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Nishapur, Iran
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none
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Mowlavi (Rumi) (1207–1273) and Sultan Walad (d. 1312)
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Persian mystics and poets
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Konya, Turkey
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Mevlana Museum
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Saadi (1184–1291)
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Persian poet
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Shiraz, Iran
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none
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Hamdollah Mostowfi (1281–1349)
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Persian historian and geographer
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Qazvin, Iran
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none
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Khwaju Kermani (1280–1352)
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Persian mystic and poet
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Shiraz, Iran
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none
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Hafez (1315–1390)
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Persian poet
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Shiraz, Iran
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Tomb of Hafez
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Jami (1414–1492)
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Persian mystic and poet
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Herat, Afghanistan
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none
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Saib Tabrizi (1601–1677)
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Persian poet
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Isfahan, Iran
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none
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Mir Emad Qazvini (1553–1614)
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Persian calligrapher
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Isfahan, Iran
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none
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Sheikh Bahaii (1547–1621)
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Persian architect and poet
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Mashhad, Iran
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none
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Bidel Dehlavi (1640–1721)
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Persian mystic and poet
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Delhi, India
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none
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Kamal ol-Molk (1847–1940)
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Iran painter
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Nishapur, Iran
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none
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Iraj Mirza (1874–1926), Bahar (1884–1951), Forugh Farrokhzad (1935–1967), Rahi Moayyeri (1909–1968), Darvish Khan (1872–1926), Ruhollah Khaleqi (1906–1965), Abolhasan Saba (1902–1957) and Qamar ol-Moluk Vaziri (1905–1959)
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Persian poets, musicians and singers
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Tehran, Iran
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Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
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Sadeq Hedayat (1903–1951) and Gholam-Hossein Saedi (1936–1985)
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Persian writers
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Paris, France
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Père Lachaise Cemetery
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Salman the Persian
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Persian companion of Muhammad
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Salman Pak (ancient Ctesiphon), Iraq
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none
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