'Orfi Shirazi
Orfi Shirazi | |
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عرفی شیرازی | |
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| Born | 1555 |
| Died | August 1591 (aged 35–36) |
Resting place | Imam Ali Shrine, Najaf, Iraq |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Writing career | |
| Language | Persian |
Jamāl-al-Din Moḥammad Sidi (1555–1591),[1] known by his pen-name Urfi, or Orfi or Urfi Shirazi (Persian: عرفی شیرازی), was a 16th-century Persian poet.[2]
He was born in Shiraz and in his youth, he migrated to India and became one of the poets of the court of Akbar the Great. He is one of the most prominent Persian poets of Indian style.
References
- ↑ Inan, Murat Umut (2019). "Imperial Ambitions, Mystical Aspirations: Persian Learning in the Ottoman World". The Persianate World (1 ed.). University of California Press. pp. 75–92. ISBN 978-0-520-30092-7.
- ↑ PAUL LOSENSKY, "ʿORFI ŠIRAZI" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
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