Manuchihri
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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
in Iran
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
of Ziyarid
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
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.
He was from Damghan
Damghan
Damghan is a city in and capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families.Damghan is situated from Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevation of...
in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
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. When, in the early part of the 11th century, a group of army conspirators rebelled against Qabus and took control of the capital Gurgan, invited Manuchihr...
of Ziyarid
Ziyarid
The Ziyarids, also spelled Zeyarids , were an Iranian dynasty that ruled in the Caspian sea provinces of Gorgan and Mazandaran from 928-1043 . The founder of the dynasty was Mardavij , who took advantage of a rebellion in the Samanid army of Iran to seize power in northern Iran...
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
Mas'ud I seized the throne of the Ghaznavid Empire upon the death of his father Mahmud from his younger twin Mohammad who had been nominated as the heir upon the death of their father Mahmud of Ghazni. His twin was blinded and imprisoned...
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:-
- خیزید و خز آرید که هنگام خزان است
- باد خنک از جانب خوارزم وزان است
- آن برگ رزان بین که بر آن شاخ رزان است
- گویی به مثل پیرهن رنگرزان است
- دهقان به تعجب سرانگشت گزان است
- کاندر چمن و باغ نه گل ماند و نه گلنار
- 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