Dawlatshāh Samarqandī

by Melvin-Koushki, Matthew

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Amīr Dawlatshāh b. Amīr ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla Bukhtīshāh Ghāzī Samarqandī , takhalluṣ (pen name) ʿAlāʾī (b. c.842/1438, d. 900/1495 or 913/1507) was the author of the seminal Tadhkirat al-shuʿarāʾ , a biographical dictionary of 152 poets incorporating important historical information on Tīmūrid Iran. It is the second earliest work of this type to survive, preceded only by the Lubāb al-albāb of ʿAwfī (fl. early seventh/thirteenth century), of which Dawlatshāh was unaware. Like his father, Amīr ʿAlāʾ al…

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Amīr Dawlatshāh b. Amīr ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla Bukhtīshāh Ghāzī Samarqandī , takhalluṣ (pen name) ʿAlāʾī (b. c.842/1438, d. 900/1495 or 913/1507) was the author of the seminal Tadhkirat al-shuʿarāʾ , a biographical dictionary of 152 poets incorporating important historical information on Tīmūrid Iran. It is the second earliest work of this type to survive, preceded only by the Lubāb al-albāb of ʿAwfī (fl. early seventh/thirteenth century), of which Dawlatshāh was unaware. Like his father, Amīr ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla Bukhtīshāh, and his cousin Amīr Fīrūzshāh (d.

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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