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Shiraz

Persia / Iran — south

Shiraz, in the Fars province of southern Iran, is the historic capital of the Fars region and a celebrated centre of Persian poetry and philosophy. The poet Hafiz (d. c. 1390) lived and is buried there, and the philosopher Mulla Sadra (d. 1640), founder of the 'transcendent theosophy' school, was born and taught in the city; the philosopher Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (d. 1311) also took his nisba from it.

12 most-discussed ideas

Works composed here

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Shiraz. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.