Mohtasham Kashani Explained

Muhtasham Kashani (1500–1588) (Persian: محتشم کاشانی) was an Iranian poet of the Safavid era. He was influential in Shi'ite religious poetry, especially marsiyah poetry mourning the tragedy of Ashura.^[1] He was born in Kashan, where he spent all of his life. He is well-known for his poetry about Imam al-Husayn's martyrdom^[2] in the form of tarkib band.^[3]

His main occupation, like that of his father, was in the cloth industry (in Kashan) before he took up poetry.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Morrow, John Andrew. 2013. Islamic Images and Ideas: Essays on Sacred Symbolism . . 237 . 9780786458486.
2. Book: Malikʹpūr, Jamshid . 2004 . The Islamic Drama . Frank Cass. 52 . 0714655651.
3. Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb, Bernard Lewis, Johannes Hendrik Kramer, Charles Pellat, Joseph Schacht, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume 10, Parts 163-178, 1998, Brill Publishers
4. Encyclopedia: Mohtasam Kasani. Encyclopedia Iranica.