This article covers 1040s in poetry. Births 1040: Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid (died 1095), Arabic poet in Al-Andalus
1046: Masud Sa'd Salman (died 1121), Persian
1048: May 31: Omar Khayyám (died 1123), Persian polymath, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet Mu'izzi (died 1125), Persian Am'aq (died 1148), Persian that carried the title amir al-shu'ara ("Amir of poets")
Deaths 1040: Unsuri (born unknown), Persian poet of the royal court, given the title Malik-us Shu'ara (King of Poets') Asjadi (born unknown), Persian Manuchehri (born unknown), Persian, later a royal poet in the court of Sultan Shihab ud-Dawlah Mas'ud I of Ghazni
1041: Akazome Emon 赤染衛門 (born 956), Japanese waka poet who lived in the mid-Heian period; a member of both the Thirty-six Elder Poetic Sages and Fujiwara no Kintō's 36 female poetry immortals (or "sages") of the Kamakura period (surname: Akazome) Fujiwara no Kintō (born 966), Japanese poet, publisher of the Shūi Wakashū; he created the concept of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
1049: Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (born 967), Persian Uthman Mukhtari (born unknown), Persian
See also
Poetry 11th century in poetry 11th century in literature List of years in poetry
Other events: Other events of the 12th century Other events of the 13th century
11th century: 11th century in poetry 11th century in literature
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