Badr Shirvani
Badr Shirvani | |
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| Born | 1387 Shamakhi, Shirvan (present-day Azerbaijan)[1] |
| Died | 1450 (aged 62–63) Probably Shamakhi[1] |
| Occupation | Poet |
Badr Shirvani (Persian: بدر شيرواني; sometimes Romanized Shirwani; 1387–1450) was a Persian poet.[1] He spent most of his career at the court of the Shirvanshahs, but received patronage from other rulers as well.
Early life
Badr was born in Shamakhi in Shirvan (present-day Azerbaijan) to a certain Hajji Shams al-Din, a seemingly wealthy figure. Badr's father paid little attention to him after his mother died. Little is known about his education; according to his own writings, Badr "was precocious and began writing poetry at the age of ten or eleven". Most information about Badr's life stems from his own works.[1]
Work
The majority of Badr's
Though Badr may have travelled in order to present these poems to Kayumarth, Jahan Shah and Shah Rukh in person, he continued to live most of his life in Shirvan. According to Dawlatshah Samarqandi, Badr met Katibi Nishapuri "when the latter visited Shirvan". Throughout his work, Badr compared himself on more than one occasion to Khaqani, who worked at the Shirvanshah court some two centuries earlier, and like him, wrote many works filled with panegyric text. The works of Khaqani and Badr Shirvani differ quite significantly however. Khaqani's poetry is characterized by "learned complexity and allusiveness", whereas that of Badr primarily contains "direct and flowing diction".[1]
Other than his panegyric odes, his divan consists of many other poetic forms which were significant at the time, in particular "occasional, monthematic qit'a and the lyric
In 1985, Badr's works were "recovered, edited and published". According to Losensky, this was made possible thanks to a unique manuscript which had seemingly been prepared shortly after Badr's death.[1]
Death
Badr died in 1450, probably in his native Shamakhi.[1] The location of his grave remains unknown.[1]
References
Sources
- Lornejad, Siavash; Doostzadeh, Ali (2012). Arakelova, Victoria; Asatrian, Garnik (eds.). On the modern politicization of the Persian poet Nezami Ganjavi (PDF). Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies.
- ISSN 1873-9830.
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