Dawlatshah Samarqandi
Dawlatshah Samarqandi (1438 – 1495/1507) was a poet and biographer active under the Timurid Empire, who is notable for composing the Tadhkirat al-shu'ara ("Memorial of poets"), a biographical dictionary of 152 poets, in addition to important historical information regarding Timurid Iran.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Safa 1994, pp. 149–150.
- ^ Melvin-Koushki 2017.
Sources[]
- Melvin-Koushki, Matthew (2017). "Dawlatshāh Samarqandī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
- Safa, Dhabih-Allah (1994). "Dawlatšāh Samarqandī". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume VII/2: Dastūr al-Afāżel–Dehqān I. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-1-56859-020-2.
Categories:
- Poets of the Timurid Empire
- Historians of the Timurid Empire
- 1438 births