Hassan Ghaznavi Explained

Ashrafuddin Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Muhammad Husayni Ghaznavi (Persian: اشرف‌الدین ابو محمد حسن بن محمد حسینی غزنوی) known as Ashraf (اشرف) was a 12th-century Persian poet. A sayyid, he boasted of his lineage from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in his poetry.^[1]

Originating from Ghazna now in Afghanistan, he served mostly under Yamin ud-Dawlah Bahram Shah of the Ghaznavid dynasty. He also served Sultan Sanjar for a while. He died in Azadvar, Iran, where he is buried.^[2]

His divan contains 83 ghazals.

He died around 1160 or 1161.

References

• Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K

See also

• List of Persian poets and authors
• Persian literature
• Persian poetry

Notes and References

1. Web site: ḤASAN-E ḠAZNAVI – Encyclopaedia Iranica. www.iranicaonline.org. 2020-03-28.
2. Book: Fisher. William Bayne. The Cambridge History of Iran. Boyle. J. A.. Boyle. John Andrew. Frye. Richard Nelson. 1968. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-06936-6. 562. en.