Abu Mansur Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Daqiqi (935/942-976/980¹), sometimes refered to as Daqiqi (also Dakiki, Daghighi, Persian: دقیقی) was an early Persian poet, from Tus, Bukhara, Samarkand or Balkh (sources vary). He supported the national tendencies in literature and attempted to create an epic history of Persia. After he wrote about a thousand pages about a Zoroastrian religion, he was murdered². His work was included in the epic Shahname (Book of Kings) of another Persian poet, Ferdowsi. Jump to: navigation, search Events Václav (Saint Wenceslas), Duke of the Bohemians, murdered by his brother, Boleslav I, who succeeds him Gyeonhwon, the king of Hubaekje, is overthrown by his eldest son Singeom. ... Events Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to Japans Kinryuzan Sensouji Temple is erected. ... Events January 10 - Basil II becomes Eastern Roman Emperor, see Byzantine Emperors. ... Events Births Emperor Ichijo of Japan Humbert I of Savoy Avicenna Godiva, Countess of Mercia Deaths Categories: 980 ... Jump to: navigation, search Persian (فارسی / پارسی), (local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan: ‘Fârsi’), ‘Pârsi’ (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan), is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, western Pakistan... Jump to: navigation, search The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... Categories: Iran geography stubs | Cities in Iran ... Bukhara (بُخارا in Persian, Buhe/Puhe Tang Chinese,Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is one of the major cities of Uzbekistan, and capital of the Bukhara region (Bukhoro Wiloyati). ... Samarkand (Samarqand or Самарқанд in Uzbek, in Persian سمرقند) (population 400,000) is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan, capital of Samarqand Province. ... Balkh is now a small town in the Province of Balkh, Afghanistan, about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 46 miles (74 km) south of the Amu Darya, the Oxus River of antiquity, of which a tributary formerly flowed past Balkh. ... EPIC might be an acronym or abbreviation for: Electronic Privacy Information Center Exchange Price Information Computer of the London Stock Exchange Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Enhanced Programmable ircII Client - a chat client for Unix-like systems El Paso Intelligence Center End Poverty In California European Privatisation and Investment Corporation European... Persia and Persian can refer to: the Western name for Iran. ... Zoroastrianism was adapted from an earlier, polytheistic faith by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia very roughly around 1000 BC (although, in the absence of written records, some scholars estimates are as late as 600 BC). ... Statue of Ferdowsi in Tehran Ferdowsi Mausoleum in Tus Ferdowsi Tousi (فردوسی طوسی in Persian) (more commonly transliterated Firdausi, Ferdosi or Ferdusi) (935–1020) is considered to be one of the greatest Persian poets to have ever lived. ...

Some scholars speculate that Daqiqi wrote more pages, but they were too controversial to be included in Shahname and later lost. Some other poems by him have also survived, published among other in Le premier poet Persan' by G.Lazard.

Notes

1. Sources vary, treat all dates as estimates. Same with places of birth.
2. By a slave, servant or political/religious enemies. Again, sources vary.

Further reading

• Annemarie Schimmel; A Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry; University of North Carolina Press (November, 1992); ISBN 0807820504
• B. W. Robinson, The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi; Curzon Press (April, 2002); ISBN 0700716181
• A. J. Arberry; Classical Persian Literature; Routledge/Curzon; New Ed edition (January 31, 1995); ISBN 0700702768