Abu Shakur Balkhi (Persian: ابوشکور بلخی; born possibly in 912-13) was one of the most important Persian[1] poets of the Samanid period.
He was a contemporary of Rudaki, and wrote three masnavis, the work Āfarin nama (written in 944) among them.
Only 192 scraps of his verses remain today.
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