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Hamzah Fansuri, Malay Sufi poet

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Hamzah Fansuriحمزة الفنصوري

Barus

The first great poet of the Malay language, who wrote of God's love in Malay verse.

From Barus or nearby on the coast of Sumatra, he travelled to Arabia and Baghdad and wrote Sufi poems and prose in Malay. His verse form, the syair, became a lasting form of Malay poetry.

What grew out of it?

He made Malay a language of Islamic thought.

Who else is linked?

Nur al-Din al-RaniriPasai and Aceh

Source: history · Wikipedia

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