Khaqani
12th-century Persian poet and author · Writers · Lived 1121 to 1199 · aged 78
Afzal al-Dīn Badīl ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿOthmān, commonly known as Khāqānī, was a major Persian poet and prose-writer. He was born in Shirvanshah, a vassal of the Seljuks in the region of Shirvan, where he served as an ode-writer to the Shirvanshahs.
Khaqani is read about 147 times a day, in 27 languages.
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His fame most securely rests upon the qasidas collected in his Divān, and his autobiographical travelogue Tohfat al-ʿErāqayn. He is also notable for his contributions to the genre of habsiyāt.
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Lived 1121 to 1199 · aged 78
