Abu-Shakur Balkhi
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Abu Shakur Balkhi (b. 915) was a Persian poet of the 10th century Samanid era.
He was a contemporary of Rudaki, and wrote three mathnavis, the work Āfarin nama (written in 944) among them. Only 192 scraps of his verses remain today.
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- E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
- Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
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