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ANWARI [Auhad-uddin Ali Anwari]

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 158 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANWARI [Auhad-uddin See also:Ali Anwari]  , See also:Persian poet, was See also:born in See also:Khorasan See also:early in the 12th See also:century . He enjoyed the especial favour of the See also:sultan Sinjar, whom he attended in all his warlike expeditions . On one occasion, when the sultan was besieging the fortress of Hazarasp, a fierce poetical conflict was maintained between See also:Anwari and his See also:rival Rashidi, who .was within the beleaguered See also:castle, by means of verses fastened to arrows . Anwari died at See also:Balkh towards the end of the 12th century . The Diwan, or collection of his poems, consists of a See also:series of See also:long poems, and a number of simpler lyrics . His longest piece, The Tears of Khorassan, was translated into See also:English See also:verse by See also:Captain Kirkpatrick (see also See also:PERSIA . Literature) .

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