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Shabestari

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Also known as Mahmud Shabistari, Mahmoūd Shabestarī, Mahmoud Shabestari

Iranian poet

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Encyclopedic overview

Page from manuscript of Gulshan-i Raz copied in nastaliq by Jafar Tabrizi (fl 1412–1431). Library of Astan Quds Razavi Mahmoud Shabestari or Mahmūd Shabestarī (Persian: محمود شبستری‎; 1288–1340) is one of the most celebrated Persian Sufi poets of the 14th century.

Life and work

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shabestari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.