Zu'l-Fiqar Shirvani
Zu'l Fiqar Shirvani[a](died c. 1291) was aPersianpoet of theIlkhanid-era.[1]Hisdivanconsists of 9,000 verses. Mohammad Dabirsiaqi /Encyclopædia Iranicanotes that "he was generally recognized as a master of versification".[1]
Biography
[edit]Zu'l-Fiqar born to a certain Sadr al-Din Ali. He was patronized by Atabeg Yusofshah I of the Fazluya branch of the Atabegs of Lorestan. Zu'l-Fiqar dedicated severalpanegyricodes to Yusofshah, and also wrote similar poems for Ilkhanid rulerGaykhatu,the Qara-KhitaiamirJalal al-Din Soyurgatmesh (who ruled inKerman), andPadishah Khatun(who succeeded Soyurgatmesh in Kerman).[1]
Zu'l-Fiqar Shirvani's tomb is located inMaqbaratoshoara,inTabriz,northwesternIran.[1]
Works
[edit]According to Mohammad Dabirsiaqi /Encyclopædia Iranica,Zu'l-Fiqar Shirvani's poems have a "charming, lyrical quality". Among his "more important works", one finds theMafatih ol-kalam va madayeh ol-keram,dedicated to Khvajeh Mohammad Mastari (avizierof the Ilkhanid period).[1]In this lengthy panegyric work, Zu'l-Fiqar uses "two opening verses (matla) encompassing every possible combination ofmeter(da'era) andelision(zehafat), written inacrosticform (tawsih) ". Dabirsiaqi states that the work is also noted for the fact that in every few lines within the same section (the two opening verses), certain words can be strung together to form newdistichs(abyat) with different meters.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^Also transliterated as "Zo'l Faqar Shirvani", "D(h)u'l Faqar Shirvani", "Zo'l Feqar Shirvani", "Zol Feqar-e Shirvani".
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Dabirsiaqi, Mohammad (1996). "ḎU'L-FAQĀR ŠĪRVĀNĪ".Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VII, Fasc. 6.p. 569.
Further reading
[edit]- Dadbeh, Nahid (2018). "ذوالفقار شروانی".The Great Islamic Encyclopaedia(in Persian).
- Rypka, Jan(1968). Jahn, Karl (ed.).History of Iranian Literature.D. Reider Publishing Company. p.261.