Editing Shiraz (section)

==Culture==
{{Main|Culture of Shiraz}}

Shiraz is known as the city of poets, gardens, wine, [[nightingale]]s and flowers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iranchamber.com/cities/shiraz/shiraz.php|title=Iranian Cities: Shiraz|publisher=Iranchamber.com|access-date=5 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asemangasht.com/Shiraz.htm|title=Shiraz|publisher=Asemangasht.com|access-date=5 May 2011}}</ref>

The garden is an important part of Iranian culture. There are many old gardens in Shiraz such as the [[Eram garden]] and the Afif abad garden. According to some people,{{who|date=July 2011}} Shiraz "disputes with [[Xeres]] [or Jerez] in Spain the honour of being the birthplace of [[sherry]]."<ref>[[Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet|Maclean, Fitzroy]], ''[[Eastern Approaches]]''. (1949). Reprint: The Reprint Society Ltd., London, 1951, p. 215</ref> [[Shirazi wine]] originates from the city; however, under the current Islamic regime, liquor cannot be consumed except by religious minorities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shiraz City info (culture and lifestyle)|url=https://aboutshiraz.com/en/blog/230/shiraz-city-info-culture-and-lifestyle-|access-date=2020-11-16|website=aboutshiraz.com|language=en|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131235214/https://www.aboutshiraz.com/en/blog/230/shiraz-city-info-culture-and-lifestyle-|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Shiraz is proud of being mother land of [[Hafiz Shirazi]]. Shiraz is a center for Iranian culture and has produced a number of famous poets. [[Saadi (poet)|Saadi]], a 12th- and 13th-century poet was born in Shiraz. He left his native town at a young age for [[Baghdad]] to study [[Arabic literature]] and [[Islamic Science|Islamic sciences]] at [[Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad]]. When he reappeared in his native Shiraz, he was an elderly man. Shiraz, under Atabak Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260) was enjoying an era of relative tranquility. Saadi was not only welcomed to the city but he was highly respected by the ruler and enumerated among the greats of the province. He seems to have spent the rest of his life in Shiraz. Hafiz, another famous poet and mystic was also born in Shiraz. A number of scientists also originate from Shiraz. [[Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi]], a 13th-century astronomer, mathematician, physician, physicist and scientist was from Shiraz. In his ''The Limit of Accomplishment concerning Knowledge of the Heavens'', he also discussed the possibility of [[heliocentrism]].<ref>A. Baker and L. Chapter (2002), "Part 4: The Sciences". In M. M. Sharif, "A History of Muslim Philosophy", ''Philosophia Islamica''.</ref>