Adib Sabir
Illustration — Adib Sabir receiving a robe of honour from Ahmad Sanjar. Copied by ʻAbd al-Muʼmin al-ʻAlavi al-Kashi between February 1314–February 1315 Shihabuddin Sharaful-udaba Sabir (Persian: شهابالدین شرفالادبا صابر) known as Adib Sabir (ادیب صابر), was a 12th-century Persian poet. Originating from Termedh, he was employed in the court of Sultan Sanjar.
Adib Sabir
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- Born
- Adib Sabir was born in 1078.
- Died
- Adib Sabir died, sources differ on the date (in 1143 and in 1151).
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Persian
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Illustration — Adib Sabir receiving a robe of honour from Ahmad Sanjar. Copied by ʻAbd al-Muʼmin al-ʻAlavi al-Kashi between February 1314–February 1315 Shihabuddin Sharaful-udaba Sabir (Persian: شهابالدین شرفالادبا صابر) known as Adib Sabir (ادیب صابر), was a 12th-century Persian poet. Originating from Termedh, he was employed in the court of Sultan Sanjar.
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He is said to have also been used by the Sultan as a spy against the Sultan's enemies, who eventually drowned him in the Oxus in 1143 AD. His Persian poetry writings are fluent and refined in style.
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- 1.Bosworth. Edmund. Clifford Edmund Bosworth. The steppe peoples in the Islamic world. 77.
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- Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
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