Abu-al-Faraj Runi

Abul Faraj Runi, born in Lahore, was an 11th-century Persian court poet who wrote Mathnawi. His family came from Nishapur in Khorasan. He was a contemporary of Masud Sa'ad Salman.

He died at the turn of the 11th-12th century.

References used

 * E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
 * Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K