Qatran Tabrizi
Qatran Tabrizi (Persian: قطران تبریزی; 1009–1014 – after 1088) was a Persian writer, who is considered to have been one of the leading poets in 11th-century Iran. A native of the northwestern region of Azarbaijan, he spent all of his life there as well as in the neighbouring region of Transcaucasia, mainly serving as a court poet under the local dynasties of the Rawadids and Shaddadids.
Qatran Tabrizi | |
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The Maqbaratoshoara in Tabriz, Iran, where Qatran is buried | |
| Native name | قطران تبریزی |
| Born | 1009–1004 Shadiabad, Azarbaijan, Rawadid dynasty |
| Died | after 1088 Ganja, Arran, Shaddadid dynasty |
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