Sana'i
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Sana'i was a pioneering 12th-century Persian Sufi poet whose mystical and didactic works profoundly shaped later poets, including Rumi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sana'i canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian poet
ⓘ
Sufi poet ⓘ didactic poet ⓘ mystic ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| era | medieval Persian literature ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Iranian peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian people
|
| floruitCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
ⓘ
mystical poetry ⓘ |
| impact |
provided model for Rumi's didactic masnavis
ⓘ
shaped later Persian mystical poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Farid ud-Din Attar
ⓘ
Persian Sufi literature ⓘ Rumi ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hadith
ⓘ
Islamic mysticism ⓘ Quran ⓘ |
| knownFor |
didactic religious verse
ⓘ
pioneering Persian Sufi mystical poetry ⓘ |
| language | Persian language ⓘ |
| legacy | foundational figure in Persian Sufi poetry ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
ghazal
ⓘ
masnavi ⓘ qasida ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Persian classical poetry ⓘ |
| movement | Sufism ⓘ |
| nationality | Persian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Divan of Sana'i
ⓘ
Hadiqat al-Haqiqa ⓘ Ilahi-nama ⓘ The Walled Garden of Truth ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
asceticism
ⓘ
mystical ethics ⓘ |
| region |
Khorasan
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Khorasan
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousBranch | Sufism ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
allegory
ⓘ
didactic narrative ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of worldly attachment
ⓘ
divine love ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.