Who rests here
Saints · died 329 AH · Balkh
Rabia bint Ka'b al-Quzdari is regarded as the first woman to compose poetry in Persian and was a contemporary of Rudaki (d. 940/41). IMPORTANT: she is SEMI-LEGENDARY, later mythologized by poets such as Attar and Jami; the famous tale has her writing her last verses in her own blood on a prison wall.
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How to get there
Located in: Balkh
Coordinates: 36.75830, 66.89670
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