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Nizami Ganjavi
Nizami Ganjavi (; c. 1141 – 1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī,Mo'in, Muhammad(2006), "Tahlil-i Haft Paykar-i Nezami", Tehran.: p. 2: Some commentators h ...
completes ''
Eskandar Nameh'', a romance of
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
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Peter of Blois resigns as
Dean of
St Peter's Collegiate Church
St Peter's Collegiate Church is located in central Wolverhampton, England. For many centuries it was a Chapel Royal, chapel royal and from 1480 a royal peculiar, independent of the Diocese of Lichfield and even the Province of Canterbury. The ...
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Deaths
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Hammad al-Harrani (born unknown), Muslim scholar, poet, merchant and traveler
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Alain de Lille (born
1128
Year 1128 ( MCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine–Hungarian War: Emperor John II Komnenos defeats the Hungarians and their Serbian allies at the fortress o ...
), French theologian and poet, writing in Latin
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Eugenius of Palermo Eugenius of Palermo (also Eugene) ( or ,Gigante. , ; 1130 – 1202) was an '' amiratus'' (admiral) of the Kingdom of Sicily in the late twelfth century.
He was of Greek origin, but born in Palermo, and had an educated background, for he was "most ...
(born
1130),
amiratus (admiral), translator, and poet
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Gaucelm Faidit
Gaucelm Faidit ( literally "Gaucelm the Dispossessed" c. 1156 – c. 1209) was a troubadour, born in Uzerche, in the Limousin (province), Limousin, from a family of knights in service of the count of Turenne. He travelled widely in France, Sp ...
(born
1170
Year 1170 ( MCLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* Winter – Egyptian forces, led by Saladin, invade the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and besiege Darum on the Mediterranean coast ...
),
Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...
troubadour
A troubadour (, ; ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a ''trobairitz''.
The tr ...
(approx.)
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Jakuren (born
1139
Year 1139 ( MCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By region Asia
* July 8 or August 21 – Jin–Song Wars – Battle of Yancheng: Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynast ...
), Japanese Buddhist priest and poet
13th-century poetry
Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
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