1040s in poetry explained
Births
1040:
1046:
1048:
- May 31: Omar Khayyám (died 1123), Persian polymath, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet
- Mu'izzi (died 1125), Persian
- Am'aq (died 1148), Persian that carried the title amir al-shu'ara ("Amir of poets")
Deaths
1040:
- Unsuri (born unknown), Persian poet of the royal court, given the title Malik-us Shu'ara (King of Poets')
- Asjadi (born unknown), Persian
- Manuchehri (born unknown), Persian, later a royal poet in the court of Sultan Shihab ud-Dawlah Mas'ud I of Ghazni
1041:
1049:
See also
Other events:
11th century: