Hafiz of Shiraz Thirty Poems an Introduction to the Sufi Master

Hafiz Hafiz was said to have received miraculously the gift of poetry from Khizr, a mysterious personage of Near Eastern folklore, a sort of roaming scholar, who had discovered the Elixir of Life, and who appeared from time to time to ordinary mortals. Like all the Persian poets of the Middle Ages, Hafiz was a court-poet and a panegyrist. Sir Peter Averyis a fellow of Oriental Languages at King's College, Cambridge. Sir John Heath-Stubbsis one of England's most honored contemporary poets.Avery, Peter is the author of 'Hafiz of Shiraz Thirty Poems an Introduction to the Sufi Master', published 2003 under ISBN 9781590510704 and ISBN 1590510704.