Amir Shahi Sabzavari Explained

Amir Shahi Sabzavari (also spelled Sabzevari, Sabzawari; died 1453) was a Persian poet who flourished in 15th-century Timurid Iran.^{[1] [2]} He was descended from the Sarbadars of Sabzevar.^[3]

He composed a response to the opening ghazal of Hafez's divan.^[2] He died in Astarabad (present-day Gorgan), and was buried in the family shrine in Sabzevar.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Losensky . Paul . Paul Losensky . Yarshater . Ehsan . Utas . Bo . Ehsan Yarshater . Bo Utas . Persian Prose: A History of Persian Literature, Vol V . 2021 . I.B.Tauris . 978-0-7556-1781-4 . 358 . Biographical Writing: Tadhkere and Manâqeb.
2. Book: Toutant . Marc . Melville . Charles . Charles Melville . The Timurid Century: The Idea of Iran Vol.9 . 2020 . I.B.Tauris . 978-1838606886 . 102 . Imitational Poetry as Pious as Hermeneutics? Jami and Nava'i/Fani's Rewritings of Hafez's Opening Ghazal.
3. Book: Manz . Beatrice Forbes . Beatrice Forbes Manz. Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran . 2007 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1139462846 . 83.