The use of Scottish Gaelic suffered when Highlanders were persecuted after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, and during the Highland Clearances.. In the song Là Sliabh an t-Siorraim, Sìleas na Ceapaich, the daughter of the 15th Chief of Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, sings of the joy upon the arrival of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, the indecisive Battle of Sheriffmuir and the …

Rudaki (858–941 CE) is considered the most important Persian ghazal poet of this period, and the founder of classical Persian literature. Early Persian ghazal poetry (12th to early 13th century) The Persian ghazal evolved into its own distinctive form between the 12th and 13th centuries.