Born in Iran's Shiraz in the early 14th century, Hafez is one of the classical masters of Persian poetry. Hafez received a classical religious education and lectured on Quranic and other theological ...

Shams al-Din Mohammad was born sometime between the years 1310-1337, in Shiraz, in Fars province, the city which is known as the city of love, poetry, and civilization. He memorized the Holy Quran by ...

October 12th is celebrated as Hafez Day in Iran. Many authors, scholars, and lovers from around the world come to Iran on this day to mark the occasion in Hafez’s tomb in Shiraz. People gather at the ...

Hafez received a classical religious education, lectured on Qur’anic and other theological subjects (“Hafez” designates one who has learned the Qur’an by heart), and wrote commentaries on religious ...

Hafez, born in Shiraz in the 14th century, is widely regarded as one of the most influential Persian poets of all time. His works, compiled in the Divan of Hafez, explore themes of love, spirituality, ...

"We commemorate Day of Hafez Shirazi, world-famous Persian poet & mystic," he tweeted. "#Goethe who wrote West–Eastern Divan, being inspired by Hafez enigmatic ghazals, is owed to #Hammer_Purgstall of ...

The ceremony was commissioned jointly by the Faculty’s Persian Literature Department and Cultural Section of Iran’s consulate in Istanbul where interested students and faculty staff attended on Monday ...

A POPULAR but unauthenticated story suggests that Hafiz Shirazi, the legendary Persian poet, was a soothsayer and clairvoyant. The story goes that Ghiasuddin, sultan of Bengal, had three favourite ...

Dr Khalid Hameed Shaida's rendering of Hafiz Shirazii (1320-1389 AD) in English and Urdu is really a pleasant exercise. I am confining myself here to the English translation of Hafiz as I have already ...

Just as Dante in the West set about writing the Paradiso, which was the last part of his immortal La Commedia, in 1319, there shone a bright star in the East that was to shine even brighter in the ...

Hefez Shirazi, the unique pearl of culture and literature of Iran, is a renowned 14th-century Persian poet who is also celebrated worldwide. October 11 is designated National Hafez Day in the Persian ...