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Just the Facts:
- Name: Muhammad bin Suleyman
- Known as: Fuzuli
- Dates: c. 1494-1556
- Place: Karbala, Iraq
- Language: Azerbaijani, Persian, and Arabic
- Who he was: Turkmen (Azerbaijani) poet and philosopher; Layla and Mejnun
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illustration by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti from a
1237 manuscript of the 7th Maqāma of Al-Hariri |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Abū Muhammad al-Qāsim ibn Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Uthmān al-Harīrī
- Known as: Al-Hariri of Basra
- Birth: Unknown Date, 1054, Basra, Iraq
- Death: September 10, 1122, Basra, Iraq
- Language: Arabic
- Who he was: Arab poet and scholar; Maqamat al-Hariri (The Assemblies of al-Hariri)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
