Khwaju Kermani ( fa, خواجوی کرمانی; December 1290 – 1349) was a famous Persian poet and

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mystic from

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Life

He was born in

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on 24 December 1290. His nickname Khwaju is a diminutive of the Persian word '' Khwaja'' which he uses as his poetic penname. This title points to descent from a family of high social status. The nisba (name title) Morshedi display his association with the Persian Sufi master Shaykh Abu Eshaq Kazeruni, the founder of the Morshediyya order. Khwaju died around 1349 in

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, and his tomb in

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is a popular tourist attraction today. When he was young, he visited

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

and

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. He also performed the Hajj in

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. One purpose of his travel is said to have been education and meeting with scholars of other lands. He composed one of his best known works ''Homāy o Homāyun'' in

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. Returning to Iranian lands in 1335, he strove to find a position as a court poet by dedicating poems to the rulers of his time, such as the

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rulers

Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (June 2, 1305 – December 1, 1335) (Persian, Arabic: ), also spelt Abusaid Bahador Khan, Abu Sa'id Behauder ( mn, , ''Busayid Baghatur Khan'', ''Бусайд баатар хаан'' / ''Busaid baatar khaan'', in moder ...

and

Arpa Ke'un Arpa Ke'un, also known as Arpa Khan or Gavon or Gawon (; died 1336), was an Ilkhan (1335–1336) during the disintegration of the Ilkhanate, Mongol state in Southwest Asia based in Persia. Life Not much is known on Arpa's earlier life, except ...

, the

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Mubariz al-Din Muhammad, and Abu Ishaq Inju of the

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dynasty.

Works

List of Poems

*''Divan'' ( fa, دیوان خواجو) - a collection of his poems in the form of Ghazals, qasidas, strophic poems, qeṭʾas (occasional verse), and quatrains *''Homāy o Homāyun'' ( fa, همای و همایون) The poem relates the adventures of the Persian prince Homāy, who falls in love with the Chinese princess, Homāyun. *''Gol o Nowruz'' ( fa, گل و نوروز) The poem tells another love story, this time vaguely situated in the time shortly before the advent of Islam. *''Rowżat-al-anwār'' ( fa, روضة الانوار) In twenty poetic discources, the poet deals with requirements for the mystical path and the ethics of kingship. *''Kamāl-nām'' ( fa, کمال نام) *''Gowhar-nāma'' ( fa, گوهرنامه) *''Sām-nāma'' ( fa, سام نامه) A heroic epic about the grandfather of

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Translations

*''Homāy e Homāyun. Un romanzo d'amore e avventura dalla Persia medievale''. ed. and trans. by Nahid Norozi, preface by J.C. Buergel, Milano: Mimesis 2011

Notes

Sources

* Browne, E. G. (1920

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''A Literary History of Persia'', vol. 3: The Tartar Dominion (1265–1502)
Cambridge. * * * Jan Rypka, ''History of Iranian Literature''. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K

External links

* http://www.shirazcity.org/shiraz/Shiraz%20Information/Sightseeing/Khajou%20e.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Kermani, Khwaju 1290 births 1352 deaths Sufi poets 14th-century Persian-language poets People from Kerman Province People from Kerman Injuid-period poets Ilkhanate-period poets 14th-century Iranian people