When1: 1130
When2: 1131
Who: Abol-Maid Sana'i [Sana'i, Abol-Maid] or Hakim Sana'i [Sana'i, Hakim]
What: poet/teacher
Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan/Persia
works\ Tadhkirat al-Awliyd or Book of Saints [1130]; Hadiqa or Hadiqat al-Haqiqa or Walled Garden of Truth or Garden of Truth or Garden of Mystical Truth [1131: first mathnawi]
Detail: He lived 1092 to 1167, wrote masnavi and ghazal, and was Sufi. Lust, greed, and emotional excitement stand between humans and divine knowledge. Love and social conscience are religion foundations.
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