Hafez

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Persian poet Sufi poet lyric poet mystic person poet

Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hafiz 2
Divan of Hafez 1
Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian poet ⓘ
Sufi poet ⓘ
lyric poet ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
birthName Shams-ud-Dīn ⓘ
surface form: Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad
centuryOfActivity 14th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Mongol Ilkhanate ⓘ
surface form: Ilkhanate
culturalSignificance central figure in Persian literature ⓘ
used for bibliomancy (fal-e Hafez) ⓘ
widely memorized in Iran ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1315 ⓘ
dateOfDeath circa 1390 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
genre ghazal ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
givenName Shams-ud-Dīn ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Khwāja ⓘ
Lisān al-Ghayb ⓘ
Lisān al-Ghayb ⓘ
surface form: Tarjumān al-Asrār

Tongue of the Unseen ⓘ
hasPlaceOfBurial Tomb of Hafez ⓘ
influenced Romanticism ⓘ
surface form: German Romanticism

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
surface form: Goethe

Persian literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Persian ⓘ
movement Persian mysticism ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
name Hafez self-link ⓘ
Hafez self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hafiz

Hafez self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī
nativeLanguage Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
notableWork Collected Ghazals ⓘ
Divan of Hafez ⓘ
occupation Quran reciter ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fars ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
placeOfBurial Iran ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
placeOfDeath Fars ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
primaryTheme critique of hypocrisy ⓘ
love ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
spiritual ecstasy ⓘ
the divine ⓘ
wine symbolism ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
styleCharacteristic ambiguity ⓘ
intricate wordplay ⓘ
metaphorical language ⓘ
workCollectionTitle Divan of Hafez ⓘ
surface form: Dīvān-e Hāfez

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hafez al-Assad → givenName → Hafez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Divan of Hafez
Fuzuli → influencedBy → Hafez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hafiz
Hafez → name → Hafez self-link ⓘ
Hafez → name → Hafez self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hafiz
Hafez → name → Hafez self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī
Persian → notablePoets → Hafez ⓘ
Persians → notableWriter → Hafez ⓘ