Events
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Births
1040:
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Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid
Al-Mu'tamid Muhammad ibn Abbad al-Lakhmi ( ar, المعتمد محمد ابن عباد بن اسماعيل اللخمي; reigned c. 1069–1091, lived 1040–1095), also known as Abbad III, was the third and last ruler of the Taifa of Sevi ...
(died
1095
Year 1095 (Roman numerals, MXCV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* March – Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, Alexios I (Komnenos) sen ...
), Arabic poet in
Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus DIN 31635, translit. ; an, al-Andalus; ast, al-Ándalus; eu, al-Andalus; ber, ⴰⵏⴷⴰⵍⵓⵙ, label=Berber languages, Berber, translit=Andalus; ca, al-Àndalus; gl, al-Andalus; oc, Al Andalús; pt, al-Ândalus; es, ...
1046:
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Masud Sa'd Salman
Mas'ud-i Sa'd-i Salmān ( fa, مسعود سعد سلمان) was an 11th-century Persian poet of the Ghaznavid empire who is known as the prisoner poet. He lived from ca. 1046 to 1121.
Early life
He was born in 1046 in Lahore to wealthy parents fr ...
(died
1121
Year 1121 ( MCXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Emperor John II (Komnenos) recovers southwestern Anatolia (modern Turkey) from ...
), Persian
1048:
* May 31:
Omar Khayyám
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam ( fa, عمر خیّام), was a polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, an ...
(died
1123
Year 1123 ( MCXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* April 18 – King Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by Turkish forces under Belek ...
), Persian polymath, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet
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Mu'izzi
Amīr ash-Shu‘arā’ Abū Abdullāh Muḥammad b. ‘Abd al-Malik Mu‘izzī ( fa, امیرمعزی, romanized as ''Mu'ezzi'') (born Nishapur 1048/9) was a Persian poet. He ranks as one of the great masters of the Persian panegyric form known a ...
(died
1125
Year 1125 ( MCXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* June 11 – Battle of Azaz: The Crusader states led by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem ...
), Persian
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Am'aq Shihabuddin Am'aq ( fa, عمعق) was a 12th-century Persian ( Tajik) poet.
Originating from Bukhara, he was an imposing poet that carried the title ''amir al-shu'ara'' ("Amir of poets") in the Khaqanid courts. An excellent panegyrist and composer ...
(died
1148
Year 1148 ( MCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Second Crusade
* January 1 – The French crusaders under King Louis VII defeat a Turkish am ...
), Persian that carried the title amir al-shu'ara ("Amir of poets")
Deaths
1040:
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Unsuri
Abul Qasim Hasan Unsuri Balkhi ( fa, ابوالقاسم حسن عنصری بلخی; died 1039/1040) was a 10–11th century Persian poet. ‘Unṣurī is said to have been born in Balkh, today located in Afghanistan, and he eventually became a poet ...
(born ''unknown''), Persian poet of the royal court, given the title Malik-us Shu'ara (King of Poets')
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Asjadi
Abu Nazar ʿAbdul ʿAziz bin Mansur ʿAsjadi ( fa, ابونظر عبدالعزیز بن منصور عسجدی) was a 10th-11th century royal Persian poet of the Ghaznavid empire located in the Ghazni province of today's Afghanistan.
Originating fr ...
(born ''unknown''), Persian
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Manuchehri
Abu Najm Aḥmad ibn Qauṣ ibn Aḥmad Manūčihrī ( fa, ابونجم احمد ابن قوص ابن احمد منوچهری دامغانی), a.k.a. Manuchehri Dāmghānī ( fl. 1031–1040), was an eleventh-century court poet in Persia and in th ...
(born ''unknown''), Persian, later a royal poet in the court of Sultan Shihab ud-Dawlah Mas'ud I of Ghazni
1041:
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Akazome Emon
was a Japanese ''waka'' poet and early historian who lived in the mid-Heian period. She is a member both of the and the .
Biography
Akazome Emon's year of birth is unknown, but she was likely born between Tentoku 1 (957) and Kōhō 1 (964). ...
赤染衛門 (born
956
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Summer – Emperor Constantine VII appoints Nikephoros Phokas to commander of the ...
),
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
''
waka
Waka may refer to:
Culture and language
* Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand
** Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe
** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe
** Waka taua, a Māori w ...
'' poet who lived in the mid-
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...
; a member of both the Thirty-six Elder Poetic Sages and Fujiwara no Kintō's
36 female poetry immortals (or "sages") of the
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...
(surname: Akazome)
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Fujiwara no Kintō
, also known as Shijō-dainagon, was a Japanese poet, admired by his contemporaries "... Fujiwara no Kinto (966–1008), the most admired poet of the day." pg 283 of Donald Keene's ''Seeds in the Heart''. and a court bureaucrat of the Heian pe ...
(born
966
Year 966 (Roman numerals, CMLXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* 23 June - Arab-Byzantine Wars, Byzantine-Arab War: Arab-Byzantine ...
), Japanese poet, publisher of the
Shūi Wakashū
The , often abbreviated as ''Shūishū'', is the third imperial anthology of waka from Heian period Japan. It was compiled by Emperor Kazan in about 1005.Keene 1999 : 283 Its twenty volumes contain 1,351 poems. The details of its publication and ...
; he created the concept of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
The are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. The oldest surviving collection of the 36 poets' works is ''Nishi Honganji Sanju-rokunin Kashu'' ...
1049:
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Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr
Abū Saʿīd Abū'l-Khayr or Abusa'id Abolkhayr ( fa, ابوسعید ابوالخیر) , also known as Sheikh Abusaeid or Abu Sa'eed, was a famous Persian Sufi and poet who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition.
The majori ...
(born
967
Year 967 ( CMLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Otto I (the Great) calls for a council at Rome, to present the ne ...
), Persian
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Uthman Mukhtari Abū ‘Umar ‘Uthmān b. ‘Umar Mukhtārī Ghaznavī (born c. 467/1074-75, died 513×15/1118×21) was a Persian poet of the Ghaznavids, an empire originating from Ghazna located in Afghanistan. He had patrons at the courts of the Qarakhānids, ...
(born ''unknown''), Persian
See also
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Poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
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11th century in poetry
Years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" articles.
Europe Events
* The surviving Beowulf manuscript likely dates to the early 11th century.
* Emergence of Occitan as a literary language and of the first troubadors.
* King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn ...
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11th century in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 11th century.
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Events
*c. 1000–1025 – The only surviving manuscript of ''Beowulf'' is written.
*1007 – The Book of Kells is probably stolen from the Abbey o ...
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List of years in poetry
This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order). These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry.
21st century in poetry
2020s
* 2023 in poetry
* 2022 ...
Other events:
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Other events of the 12th century
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Other events of the 13th century
11th century:
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11th century in poetry
Years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" articles.
Europe Events
* The surviving Beowulf manuscript likely dates to the early 11th century.
* Emergence of Occitan as a literary language and of the first troubadors.
* King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn ...
*
11th century in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 11th century.
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Events
*c. 1000–1025 – The only surviving manuscript of ''Beowulf'' is written.
*1007 – The Book of Kells is probably stolen from the Abbey o ...
Notes
{{Lists of poets
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Poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...