Rashid al-Din Vatvat

Rashid al-Din Vatvat (1088–1182) was a poet, writer and linguist.

Also recorded as Ras̲h̲īd al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd D̲j̲alīl al-ʿUmarī Waṭwāṭ; Waṭwāṭ, Ras̲h̲īd al-Dīn; Rashid al-Din Watwat; Alraashīd alwaṭwāṭ.

Overview

Also worked under the name Ватват.

Born at Balkh in 1088, died in 1182.

In detail

the recorded working language is Persian and Arabic.

Works named in the authority record are Hadaiq al-sihr fi daqaiq al-shi'r.

Sources

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