Hassan Ghaznavi
Ashrafuddin Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Muhammad Husayni Ghaznavi (Persian: اشرفالدین ابو محمد حسن بن محمد حسینی غزنوی) known as Ashraf (اشرف) was a 12th-century Persian poet. A sayyid, he boasted of his lineage from the family of the prophet Muhammad in his poetry.[1]
Tomb of Hasan Ghaznavi in Azadvar, Iran
Originating from Ghazna now in Afghanistan, he served mostly under Yamin ud-Dawlah Bahram Shah of the Ghaznavid dynasty. He also served Sultan Sanjar for a while. He died in Azadvar, Iran, where he is buried.[2]
His divan contains 83 ghazals.
He died around 1160 or 1161.
References
- Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
Notes
- "ḤASAN-E ḠAZNAVI – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- Fisher, William Bayne; Boyle, J. A.; Boyle, John Andrew; Frye, Richard Nelson (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 562. ISBN 978-0-521-06936-6.
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