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Tamerlane's Captive Sufi Poet: Hafez and the Conqueror's Summons
In 1387, Tamerlane's armies swept through Shiraz, the heart of Persian culture and home to the legendary poet Hafez. But the conqueror's interest in the city went beyond conquest. Hafez, by then an old man, was brought before the Amir in what became one of the most famous encounters of the age. Legend says Tamerlane confronted Hafez over a line from his poetry: 'If that Shirazi Turk steals my heart, I will give Samarkand and Bukhara for her beauty.' The conqueror, who had spent his life building Samarkand into a capital, demanded: 'How dare you offer my cities for a…
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