Hafez Shirazi, Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad
Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hafez Shirazi was born 1319 CE in Shiraz in South-Central Iran.
In his childhood he had memorized the Koran by listening to his father's recitations of it, therefore he gained the title of Hafez (a title given to those who had memorized the Koran by heart. It is claimed that Hafez had done this in fourteen different ways). He also had memorized many of the works of his hero, Saadi, as wells as Attar, Rumi and Nizami.
