Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Alī, known as Nizamī-i Arūzī-i Samarqandī and also Arudi, was a poet and prose writer who flourished between 1110 and 1161. He is particularly famous for his Chahar Maqala, his only work to fully survive. Wikipedia
Born: 1110, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Died: 1161 (age 51 years), Khwarazm
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