Dawlatshah Samarqandi was a poet and biographer active under the Timurid Empire.
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Dawlatshah Samarqandi was a poet and biographer active under the Timurid Empire. He is principally known for composing the Tadhkirat al-shu'ara, a Persian biographical dictionary of 152 poets, considered highly important for its information about the cultural and political history of Iran and Transoxania under Timurid rule.
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1438 to 1491 · aged 53
Written about in
10 languages
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