Fakhri Heravi
Soltan-Mohammad Fakhri Heravi (Persian: فخری هروی; c. 1497–after 1566) was a poet and scholar who served in the courts of the Safavid, Arghunid and Mughal dynasties. A native of Herat, he was the son of the poet Amiri.[1]
Haft keshvar, a historical chronicle following parts of the "mirror for princes" genre, was dedicated to the Safavid Shah Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) by Fakhri Heravi, who acted as a panegyrist for both Ismail I and his successor Shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576). The governor of Herat, Durmish Khan Shamlu and his vizier Karim al-Din Khvajeh Habibollah Savaji supported Fakhri Heravi. In 1524, Fakhri Heravi translated Ali-Shir Nava'i's Chagatai Turkic text, Majalis al-Nafais, into Persian under the title Lata'ef-nama.[1]
Fakhri Heravi later moved to Sindh, then ruled by the Arghunid Mirza Shah Hasan (r. 1524–1555).[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Qasemi 1999.
Sources
- Qasemi, Sharif Husain (1999). "Faḵrī Heravī, Solṭān-Moḥammad". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. ISBN 978-0933273351.