Abu Shakur Balkhi (Persian:ابوشکور بلخی; born possibly in 912-13) was one of the most importantPersian^[1] poets of theSamanid period.

He was a contemporary ofRudaki, and wrote threemasnavis, the workĀfarin nama (written in 944) among them. Only 192 scraps of his verses remain today.

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