Amir Shahi Sabzavari

16th-century Persian manuscript of Amir Shahi's divan, created in Safavid Iran

Amir Shahi Sabzavari (also spelled Sabzevari, Sabzawari; died 1453) was a Persian[1] poet who flourished in 15th-century Timurid Iran.[2][3] He was descended from the Sarbadars of Sabzevar.[4]

He composed a response to the opening ghazal of Hafez's divan.[3] He died in Astarabad (present-day Gorgan), and was buried in the family shrine in Sabzevar.[2]

References

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  3. ^ a b Toutant, Marc (2020). "Imitational Poetry as Pious as Hermeneutics? Jami and Nava'i/Fani's Rewritings of Hafez's Opening Ghazal". In Melville, Charles (ed.). The Timurid Century: The Idea of Iran Vol.9. I.B.Tauris. p. 102. ISBN 978-1838606886.
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