Kamal al-Din Isfahani (; 1172 – 1237) was a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

writer of

qasida The qaṣīda (also spelled ''qaṣīdah''; plural ''qaṣā’id'') is an ancient Arabic word and form of poetry, often translated as ode. The qasida originated in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and passed into non-Arabic cultures after the Arab Mus ...

s and other forms of poetry, who lived from 1172–1237. He and his father, the poet Jamal al-Din Muhammad Isfahani, were well-known in

Isfahan Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District (Isfahan County), Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city ...

. He was murdered during the

Mongol invasion The Mongol invasions and conquests took place during the 13th and 14th centuries, creating history's largest contiguous empire, the Mongol Empire (1206–1368), which by 1260 covered large parts of Eurasia. Historians regard the Mongol devastati ...

and buried in a simple

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. His tomb is in the

Jouybareh district The Jouybareh district is the oldest district of Isfahan. The district originates in the early Achaemenid Empire, Achaemenid era and because of the immigration of the babylonian jews on the order of Cyrus the Great. This district was called ''Dar ...

in Isfahan.

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* * 1172 births 1237 deaths 12th-century Iranian writers 13th-century Iranian people 12th-century Persian-language poets 13th-century Persian-language poets Writers from Isfahan Poets from the Khwarazmian Empire {{Iran-bio-stub