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Abu Najm Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Qaus Manuchehri , a.k.a Manuchehri Damghani, was a royal poet of the 11th century in Persia.

He was from Damghan
Damghan

Damghan is a city in Semnan Province, Iran, from Tehran on the high-road to Meshed, at an elevation of . It has grown from a population of 34,057 to an estimated 72,098 ....
 in Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 and he is said to invent the form of musammat in Persian poetry and has the best ones too. He traveled to Tabarestan and was admitted to the court of King Manuchihr
Manuchihr

Manuchihr was the ruler of the Ziyarids . He was the son of Qabus.During his father's reign Manuchihr was appointed as governor of Tabaristan....
 of Ziyarid
Ziyarid

The Ziyarids, also spelled Zeyarids , were an List of kings of Persia that ruled in the Caspian region provinces of Gorgan and Mazandaran from 928-1043 ....
 dynasty and that's where he got his pen name. He later was a royal poet in the court of Sultan Shihab ud-Dawlah Mas'ud I of Ghazni
Mas'ud I of Ghazni

Ma'sud I seized the throne of the Ghaznavid Empire upon the death of his father Mahmud of Ghazni from his younger twin Mohammad Ghaznavi who had been nominated as the heir upon the death of their father Mahmud of Ghazni....
 son of Mahmud of Ghazna.

He has left behind a divan.






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Abu Najm Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Qaus Manuchehri , a.k.a Manuchehri Damghani, was a royal poet of the 11th century in Persia.

He was from Damghan
Damghan

Damghan is a city in Semnan Province, Iran, from Tehran on the high-road to Meshed, at an elevation of . It has grown from a population of 34,057 to an estimated 72,098 ....
 in Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 and he is said to invent the form of musammat in Persian poetry and has the best ones too. He traveled to Tabarestan and was admitted to the court of King Manuchihr
Manuchihr

Manuchihr was the ruler of the Ziyarids . He was the son of Qabus.During his father's reign Manuchihr was appointed as governor of Tabaristan....
 of Ziyarid
Ziyarid

The Ziyarids, also spelled Zeyarids , were an List of kings of Persia that ruled in the Caspian region provinces of Gorgan and Mazandaran from 928-1043 ....
 dynasty and that's where he got his pen name. He later was a royal poet in the court of Sultan Shihab ud-Dawlah Mas'ud I of Ghazni
Mas'ud I of Ghazni

Ma'sud I seized the throne of the Ghaznavid Empire upon the death of his father Mahmud of Ghazni from his younger twin Mohammad Ghaznavi who had been nominated as the heir upon the death of their father Mahmud of Ghazni....
 son of Mahmud of Ghazna.

He has left behind a divan. His works were extensively studied by A. de Biberstein-Kazimirski in 1886.

He died in 1040 CE.

Sample Poetry

The following is the opening lines of one of his most famous musammat:

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Get up and bring fur clothes as Autumn is here
A cold wind is blowing from the Khawrazm yonder
Look at that vine leaf hanging on the vine bough
It looks like the shirt of dyers
The farmer is biting his finger with wonder
As in the lawn or garden is left no more rose or lavender

See also

  • List of Persian poets and authors
    List of Persian poets and authors

    The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian language writers and poets from Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Azerbaijan and India....