Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi () was an 11th-century poet who lived in

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is said to have taken refuge in Azraqi's father's house (''Ismail Varrāq'', 'the book seller') on his flight from Ghazneh to Tus. Born in

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, Azraqi was an eminent

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. He turned ''Alfiyya va Shalfiyya'' into poetry, and is said to have presented himself to ''Shamsudowleh Abolfavāris Tughan-Shah'', son of

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. He also wrote a version of the ''Sandbad nama''. Except for his

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s, none of the aforementioned works remain. He died in 1072 CE.

References

* Jan Rypka, ''History of Iranian Literature''. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
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