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The Death of Fariduddin at Todd
There are essentially seven works that are authentically attributed to at Todd by modern scholars. One of them is a work of prose called the Taddkirat El-Arlya, which is a series of hagiographical accounts of the earliest Sufis. Most of the works are poetry, most of which was written in Persian. He died as a result of the Mongol sacking of Nisha Pur in 1229.
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