Shiraz in the Middle Ages

The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 1210 to 1393. The most recorded lives are Saadi Shirazi, Hafez and Ibn Battuta.

Hafez
from 1315 to 1390
2 moments here
Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez Shirazi was a Persian lyric poet. Surviving biographical evidence is notably sparse; the defensible physical-presence…
Ibn Battuta
in 1327
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Saadi Shirazi
from 1210 to 1291
3 moments here
Saadi Shirazi (ca. 1210–1291 or 1292) was a Persian poet and prose writer. The securely documented outline of his movements is limited: he was born…
Timur
in 1393
1 moment here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…