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Persian poet and mystic (1325–1390)

This article is about the 14th century Persian poet. For other uses of this name, see Hafiz.

Hafez
Painting of Hafez by Abolhassan Sadighi.
Born	c. 1325 Shiraz, Muzaffarid Iran
Died	1390 (aged 64–65) Shiraz, Timurid Iran
Major shrine	Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz, Iran
Influences	Ibn Arabi, Khwaju, Al-Hallaj, Sanai, Anvari, Nizami, Sa'di, Khaqani, Attar
Influenced	Subsequent Persian lyric poets, Goethe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mihály Csokonai
Tradition or genre	Mysticpoetry (Ghazal, Irfan)
Major works	The Divān of Hafez

Khājeh Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī (Persian: خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen nameHafez (حافظ, Ḥāfeẓ, 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper'; 1325–1390) or Hafiz,^[1] was a Persianlyric poet^[2][3] whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the highest pinnacles of Persian literature.

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