12th Century
- Adib Sabir ادیب صابر
- Am'aq عمعق بخارائی
- Anvari انوری ابیوردی
- Farid al-Din Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1220) فریدالدین عطار نیشاپوری
- Omar Khayyam, poet (1048–1131) عمر خیام
- Nizami, poet (about 1140-about 1203) نظامی
- Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?) سعدی
- Sheikh Ruzbehanشیخ روزبهان
- Abdul Qadir Jilaniعبدالقادر گیلانی
- Khaqani Shirvani خاقانی شروانی
- Sanaayiسنایی
- Sheikh Ahmad Jami
- Muhammad Aufi
- Falaki Shirvani
- Hassan Ghaznavi, poet
- Sanai Ghaznavi, poet
- Mu'izzi
- Ibn Balkhi
- Uthman Mukhtari
- Mahsati, poetess مهستی گنجوی
- Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Umari Vatvat خولجه رشید الدین وطواط
- Nizami Arudhi Samarqandiنظامی عروضی سمرقندی
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