Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Arif Ardabili () was a 14th-century poet who is principally known for composing the Persian poem ''Farhadnama'' between 1369 and 1372.
Life
Not much information survives about him. He was born in city of
Ardabil
Ardabil (, ) is a city in northwestern Iran. It is in the Central District (Ardabil County), Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil province, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.
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, in 1311. He was brought to the court of
Shirvanshah Kavus and became a court poet. He completed his ''magnum opus'' ''Farhadnama'' between 1369 and 1372 (in
Persian language
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision ...
). He was strongly influenced by
Nizami Ganjavi
Nizami Ganjavi (; c. 1141 – 1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī,Mo'in, Muhammad(2006), "Tahlil-i Haft Paykar-i Nezami", Tehran.: p. 2: Some commentators h ...
. He was tutor of the Shirvanshah
Hushang ().
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14th-century Persian-language poets
1311 births
Poets of the Shirvanshahs