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Unsuri

Persian poet

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Born: 980
, 970
Died: 1039
Birthplace: Balkh
Place of death: Ghazni
Occupation: poet
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Persian
, Tajik

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Abu'l-Qasim Hasan Unsuri Balkhi was a 10th–11th-century Persian poet. Unsuri is said to have been born in Balkh, today located in modern-day Afghanistan, and he eventually became a poet of the royal court of Mahmud of Ghazni, and was given the title Malik us-Shu'ara under Mahmud. His Divan is said to have contained 30,000 distichs, of which only 2500 remain today. It includes the romance epic Vamiq u 'Adhra, which ultimately derives from the Ancient Greek novel Metiochus and Parthenope.

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Sex or gender: male
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Floruit: 11th century
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-06-08
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Writing language: Persian

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