Abu'l-Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami
Abu'l-Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mihyar al-Daylami Daylam,Iran |
| Died | 1037 AD |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality | Daylamite |
| Period | Buyid period |
| Genre | Ghazal, riddles, elegies |
| Notable works | Elegies onAliandHusayn ibn Ali |
Abu'l-Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami(died 1037) was an Arabic-language poet ofDaylamiteorigin during theBuyidperiod.[1]Mihyar's poetry was dominated bymetaphor,and he wrote in various poetic genres includingghazal,[2]riddles,[3]: 265 as well as writingelegiesonAliandHusayn ibn Ali.[2]
A formerZoroastrian,Mihyar was converted toShia Islamby his teacher who was also poet.[1][2][4][5]Ibn Khallikannarrates that Mihyar was harshly rebuked by an acquaintance for reviling thecompanions of Muhammad.[1]
Ibn Khallikan,who said Mihyar's works were so high in number that it fills four volumes, opined that Mihyar's writings "displayed great delicacy of thought and a remarkable loftiness of mind."[1]However, Mihyar's poetic style was criticized for being "artificial and derivative."[2]
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References
[edit]- ^abcdIbn Khallikan's Biographical dictionary, 3 By Ibn Khallikan, pg. 517-520
- ^abcdEncyclopedia of Arabic literature, Volume 2 By Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey, pg.525
- ^Nefeli Papoutsakis, 'Abū l-Maʿālī al-Ḥaẓīrī (d. 568/1172) and hisInimitable Book on Quizzes and Riddles',Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes,109 (2019), 251–69.
- ^A Literary History of Persia from the Earliest Times Until Firdawsh By Edward Granville Browne, pg. 207
- ^The preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith By SirThomas Walker Arnold,pg. 180
