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'''Baba Tahir''' or '''Baba Taher Oryan Hamadani''' ({{langx|fa|باباطاهر عریان همدانی}}) was an 11th-century [[dervish]] poet from [[Hamadan]], [[Iran]] who lived during the reign of [[Tughril|Tugril]] of the [[Seljuk Empire|Seljuk dynasty]] over Iran. This is almost all that is known of him as he lived a mysterious lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baba-taher-oryan|title=BĀBĀ ṬĀHER ʿORYĀN – Encyclopaedia Iranica|website=www.iranicaonline.org|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Minorsky|first=Vladimir|title=Bābā Ṭāhir|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-1/baba-tahir-SIM_5615?s.num=10|journal=[[Encyclopedia of Islam]]|date=24 April 2012 }}</ref> Although [[prefix]] "Baba" (roughly meaning 'The Wise' or 'The Respected') has been thought as part of his name in all known sources, his nickname "Oryan" (meaning 'The Naked') did not appear until about 17th-century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/publication/entryview/5020|title=The Great Islamic Encyclopedia Project|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> The [[nickname]] was probably attributed to him because he seemed to lead a very spiritual and stoic lifestyle and thus was figuratively not clothed with worldly and material needs.<ref name=":0" /> His poetry is written in the Hamadani dialect of the [[Persian language]]. According to [[Lawrence Paul Elwell-Sutton|L. P. Elwell-Sutton]] he probably wrote in the Hamadani dialect, adding: "some traditional sources call it loosely [[Luri language|Luri]], while the name commonly applied from an early date to verses of this kind, [[Fahlavīyāt|Fahlaviyat]], presumably implies that they were thought to be in a language related to the [[Middle Persian]] language. [[Rouben Abrahamian]] however found a close affinity with the dialect spoken at the present time by the [[Persian Jews|Jews]] of [[Hamadan]]."<ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia|chapter-url=https://www.isna.ir/news/97120703457/%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C|author=L. P. Elwell-Sutton|author-link=Lawrence Paul Elwell-Sutton|chapter=BĀBĀ ṬĀHER ʿORYĀN|title=Encyclopædia Iranica|publisher=Iranicaonline.org|access-date=2013-10-31|title-link=Encyclopædia Iranica}}</ref> According to [[The Cambridge History of Iran]], Baba Tahir spoke a certain Persian dialect.{{sfn|Bosworth|1975|p=610}}