Hafiz born in Shiraz

1360

Shams al-Din Muhammad arrived in the Persian city famous for roses and theology students. Orphaned young, working in a bakery, he would memorize the Quran - earning the pen name Hafiz, 'the memorizer' - and become Persia's most beloved lyric poet. His Divan of ghazals on wine, beauty, and divine love remains the Persian language's hearth fire.